General Economics at Willamette University

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

Willamette is located in Salem, Oregon and has a total student population of 2,363. Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Willamette University in 2019, 62 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.

Willamette General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Willamette General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Willamette 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 Willamette 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 Focused General Economics Schools	33
Most Focused General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Popular General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Most Popular General Economics Schools	139
Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	203
Best General Economics Schools	205

General Economics Student Demographics at Willamette

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

Willamette General Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of general economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Willamette since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Willamette are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 Willamette University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Willamette 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 OR, the home state for Willamette University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Economists	220	$87,420
Economics Professors	130	$110,860
Survey Researchers	130	$71,580

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 Cacophony under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.