General Economics at Santa Clara University

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

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,642. Of the 485 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2019, 123 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.

SCU General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

SCU General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at SCU 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 SCU 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 Schools	26
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular General Economics Schools	72
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused General Economics Schools	78

General Economics Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 123 general economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from SCU, about 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at SCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	66
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

SCU 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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.