General Economics at New Jersey City University

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

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,991 students attend the school each year. Of the 263 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Jersey City University in 2019, 5 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.

NJCU General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

NJCU General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at NJCU 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 NJCU 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	343
Best General Economics Schools	346
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	516
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	566
Most Popular General Economics Schools	588
Most Focused General Economics Schools	639

General Economics Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from NJCU in 2018-2019, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at NJCU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in general economics.

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

NJCU 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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Survey Researchers	480	$76,040
Economics Professors	340	$117,220
Economists	180	$100,500

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.