General Economics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,401 students attend the school each year. Of the 414 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University in 2019, 134 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.

Wake Forest University General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Wake Forest University General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University 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	23
Best General Economics Schools	23
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Popular General Economics Schools	67
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68
Most Focused General Economics Schools	70

General Economics Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 134 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general economics from Wake Forest University in 2019, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Wake Forest University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	96
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wake Forest University also has a doctoral program available in general economics. In 2019, 0 student 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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Economics Professors	580	$106,080
Survey Researchers	350	$80,960
Economists	230	$81,470

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.