General Economics at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,501. Of the 1,063 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Berkeley in 2019, 202 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.

UC Berkeley General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics
• Doctorate Degree in General Economics

UC Berkeley General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at UC Berkeley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general economics major at UC Berkeley 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	10
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Best General Economics Schools	24
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular General Economics Schools	36
Most Popular General Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused General Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused General Economics Master’s Degree Schools	121
Most Popular General Economics Master’s Degree Schools	121
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252
Most Focused General Economics Schools	278

In 2019, 0 student received their master’s degree in general economics from UC Berkeley. This is the #121 most popular school for general economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

General Economics Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 202 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general economics from UC Berkeley in 2019, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	87
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	33
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2019, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Econometrics & Quantitative Economics

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 University of California - Berkeley.

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.