General Economics at Illinois College

If you plan to study general economics, take a look at what Illinois College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Illinois College is located in Jacksonville, Illinois and approximately 983 students attend the school each year. Of the 77 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Illinois College in 2019, 6 of them were general economics majors.

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.

Illinois College General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Illinois College General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Illinois College 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 Illinois College 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
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	153
Most Focused General Economics Schools	170
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	487
Most Popular General Economics Schools	557

General Economics Student Demographics at Illinois College

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

Illinois College General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 general economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Illinois College, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Illinois College since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Illinois College with a bachelor's in general economics.

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

Illinois College also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2019, 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 IL, the home state for Illinois College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Survey Researchers	1,590	$57,560
Economics Professors	520	$128,340
Economists	380	$108,690

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 Aafield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.