General Economics at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 2,207 students attend the school each year. Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College in 2021, 35 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.

Spelman General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Spelman General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Spelman 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 Spelman 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
	33
	34
	98
	99
	104
	105
	143
	148
	148
	184

General Economics Student Demographics at Spelman

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

Spelman General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general economics from Spelman. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Spelman since its program graduates 67% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 63% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in general 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 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
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.