General Economics at University of North Carolina at Asheville

If you are interested in studying general economics, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Asheville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from UNCA.

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.

UNCA General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

UNCA General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how UNCA 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 UNCA 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
	115
	131
	230
	279
	288
	292
	380
	388
	443
	454

General Economics Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA General Economics Bachelor’s Program

The general economics program at UNCA awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% 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 UNCA since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at UNCA 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 University of North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNCA 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Economics Professors	580	$106,080
Survey Researchers	350	$80,960
Economists	230	$81,470

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.