General Economics at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,164. Of the 574 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts - Boston in 2019, 118 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.

UMass Boston General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

UMass Boston General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at UMass Boston 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 UMass Boston 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 Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular General Economics Schools	76
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Focused General Economics Schools	122
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304
Best General Economics Schools	305

General Economics Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 118 general economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from UMass Boston, about 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UMass Boston since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	26
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UMass Boston also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Applied 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Economists	1,150	$117,680
Economics Professors	870	$125,120
Survey Researchers	730	$64,950

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.