General Economics at Southwestern University

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

Southwestern is located in Georgetown, Texas and has a total student population of 1,506. In 2021, 11 general economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Southwestern.

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.

Southwestern General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Southwestern General Economics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general economics major at Southwestern 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
	92
	103
	329
	399

General Economics Student Demographics at Southwestern

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

Southwestern General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Southwestern in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Southwestern since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Southwestern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Southwestern 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 TX, the home state for Southwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Economics Professors	1,020	$115,240
Economists	830	$106,480
Survey Researchers	430	$60,460

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.