General Economics at Catholic University of America

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

CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 5,956. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from CUA.

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.

CUA General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

CUA General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at CUA 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 CUA 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
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Best General Economics Schools	116
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	564
Most Popular General Economics Schools	588
Most Focused General Economics Schools	637

General Economics Student Demographics at CUA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at Catholic University of America.

CUA General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general economics from CUA in 2019, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at CUA since its program graduates 48% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at CUA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Catholic University of America with a bachelor's in general economics.

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

CUA also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Economics
• International Economics
• Development Economics & International Development

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 DC, the home state for Catholic University of America.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Economists	6,380	$134,260
Economics Professors	230	$110,350
Survey Researchers	180	$73,690

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 Gryffindor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.