General Economics at Santa Clara University

If you are interested in studying general economics, you may want to check out the program at Santa Clara University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from SCU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Economics section at the bottom of this page.

SCU General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

SCU General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how SCU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general economics major at SCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	18
	20
	27
	31
	61
	70
	77
	88
	230

General Economics Student Demographics at SCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at Santa Clara University.

SCU General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 103 general economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SCU, about 68% were men and 32% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	46
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

SCU also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That General Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.