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Economics at St Olaf College

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Economics at St Olaf College

What traits are you looking for in a economics school? To help you decide if St Olaf College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's economics program.

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. In 2021, 90 economics majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Olaf.

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

St. Olaf Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

St. Olaf Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how St. Olaf 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 economics major at St. Olaf 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
36
38
54
56
117
128
131
138
264
279

How Much Do Economics Graduates from St. Olaf Make?

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Olaf is $56,177. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

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Economics Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf Economics Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Olaf since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at St. Olaf 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 St Olaf College with a bachelor's in economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 58
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from St Olaf College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics 81
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 9

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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 14,850 $74,300
Managers 9,350 $128,590
Economics Professors 300 $110,060
Economists 250 $81,720

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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