General Economics at Manhattan College

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

Manhattan is located in Riverdale, New York and approximately 4,232 students attend the school each year. Of the 251 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College in 2019, 14 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.

Manhattan General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Manhattan General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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	293
Most Focused General Economics Schools	322
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	333
Most Popular General Economics Schools	387

General Economics Student Demographics at Manhattan

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

Manhattan General Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in general economics from Manhattan. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Manhattan since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Manhattan College with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Manhattan 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 NY, the home state for Manhattan College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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 Trollness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.