General Economics at University of California - Merced

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

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and has a total student population of 9,018. In 2021, 33 general economics majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Merced.

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.

UC Merced General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

UC Merced General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how UC Merced 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 UC Merced 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
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	176
	191
	205
	437
	441
	446
	452
	457
	471

General Economics Student Demographics at UC Merced

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

UC Merced General Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in general economics from UC Merced. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Merced since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 University of California - Merced with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC Merced 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Merced.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.