Economics at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,207. Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College in 2021, 35 of them were economics majors.

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

Spelman Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Spelman Economics Rankings

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

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 economics major at Spelman 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
	60
	64
	110
	119
	148
	149
	195
	195
	225
	272

Earnings of Spelman Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Spelman is $48,695. This is 6% higher than $45,868, which is the national average for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Spelman

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Spelman College.

Spelman Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Spelman since its program graduates 64% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Economics

The following economics concentations are available at Spelman College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Spelman College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	35

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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,460	$67,080
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Economists	330	$111,570
Economics Professors	180	$101,590

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.