General Economics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 362 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from UNC Chapel Hill.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

UNC Chapel Hill General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Chapel Hill performed in these rankings.

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 UNC Chapel Hill 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
	9
	9
	22
	25
	74
	76
	79
	80
	86
	87

General Economics Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill General Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 362 students earned a bachelor's degree in general economics from UNC Chapel Hill. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at UNC Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	227
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UNC Chapel Hill 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.