General Economics at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and approximately 1,360 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from Whitman.

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.

Whitman General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Whitman General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at Whitman 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 general economics major at Whitman 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
	18
	18
	145
	150
	166
	202
	408
	419
	426
	435

General Economics Student Demographics at Whitman

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at Whitman College.

Whitman General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Whitman in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Whitman 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 Whitman College with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Other 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Economists	400	$95,010
Economics Professors	260	$89,490
Survey Researchers	130	$66,150

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.