General Economics at University of Southern California

Every general economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general economics program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 47,310 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 198 general economics majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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.

USC General Economics Degrees Available

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

USC General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how USC 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 USC 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular General Economics Schools	33
Most Focused General Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools	45
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused General Economics Schools	316

General Economics Student Demographics at USC

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

USC General Economics Bachelor’s Program

The general economics program at USC awarded 198 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	56
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

USC also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2019, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Development Economics & International Development
• 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 Southern California.

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.