Economics at West Virginia State University

If you are interested in studying economics, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVSU is located in Institute, West Virginia and approximately 3,638 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 economics majors received their bachelor's degree from WVSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Economics section at the bottom of this page.

WVSU Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

WVSU Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at WVSU 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 economics major at WVSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
	225
	267
	478
	570

Economics Student Demographics at WVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at West Virginia State University.

WVSU Economics Bachelor’s Program

The economics program at WVSU awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at WVSU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia State University with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	8

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,010	$45,760
Economics Professors	60	$90,800
Economists	50	$68,430

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 Richinstead under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.