General Economics at Spelman College

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

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,171. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from Spelman.

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.

Spelman General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Spelman General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Spelman 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 Spelman 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 Schools	21
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best General Economics Schools	136
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Most Popular General Economics Schools	162

General Economics Student Demographics at Spelman

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

Spelman General Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 49 students earned a bachelor's degree in general economics from Spelman. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Spelman since its program graduates 68% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 68% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Spelman 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Economists	330	$111,570
Economics Professors	180	$101,590

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.