General Economics at Seattle Pacific University

If you plan to study general economics, take a look at what Seattle Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 3,601. Of the 129 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2021, 18 of them were general economics majors.

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.

SPU General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

SPU General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how SPU 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 SPU 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
	201
	234
	246
	264
	270
	302
	331
	344
	370
	375

General Economics Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from SPU in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Development Economics & International Development

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Economists	400	$95,010
Economics Professors	260	$89,490
Survey Researchers	130	$66,150

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.