General Economics at SUNY Potsdam

What traits are you looking for in a general economics school? To help you decide if SUNY Potsdam is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general economics program.

SUNY Potsdam is located in Potsdam, New York and approximately 3,521 students attend the school each year. Of the 83 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Potsdam 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.

SUNY Potsdam General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

SUNY Potsdam General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at SUNY Potsdam 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 SUNY Potsdam 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	315
Best General Economics Schools	316
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	392
Most Focused General Economics Schools	439
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	487
Most Popular General Economics Schools	557

General Economics Student Demographics at SUNY Potsdam

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

SUNY Potsdam General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 6 general economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Potsdam. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNY Potsdam since its program graduates 1% 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 SUNY Potsdam with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY Potsdam 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 SUNY Potsdam.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.