General Economics at St Olaf College

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 2,953 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 81 general 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 General Economics section at the bottom of this page.

St. Olaf General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

St. Olaf General Economics Rankings

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

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 St. Olaf 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
	20
	20
	26
	29
	75
	89
	93
	95
	225
	236

General Economics Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf General Economics Bachelor’s Program

The general economics program at St. Olaf awarded 81 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Olaf since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general 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 general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	54
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Econometrics & Quantitative Economics

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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

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