Economics at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 61 economics majors received their bachelor's degree from SNHU.

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

SNHU Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
• Master’s Degree in Economics

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SNHU offers distance education options for economics at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at SNHU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at SNHU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
	13
	147
	182
	188
	525

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in economics from SNHU. This makes it the #57 most popular school for economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Economics Graduates from SNHU Make?

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at SNHU is $51,193. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from SNHU. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at SNHU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SNHU Economics Master’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a master's degree in Economics from SNHU in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women.

Of the students who received a economics master's degree from SNHU, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Economics

If you plan to be a economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern New Hampshire University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	83

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,140	$68,010
Managers	950	$123,580
Economics Professors	80	$161,830
Economists	60	$74,570

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.