General Economics at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

What traits are you looking for in a general economics school? To help you decide if University of Maryland - Baltimore County is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general economics program.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 13,497 students attend the school each year. Of the 124 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland - Baltimore County in 2021, 114 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.

UMBC General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

UMBC General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at UMBC 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 general economics major at UMBC 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
	56
	64
	97
	108
	181
	190
	208
	213
	223
	228

General Economics Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 114 general economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMBC, about 68% were men and 32% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	40
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UMBC 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Economists	700	$116,870
Survey Researchers	590	$90,920
Economics Professors	230	$119,300

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 Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.