The main focus area for this major is General Economics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Economics is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at California State University - Fullerton. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in economics, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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If you're the kind of person who enjoys working with numbers and solving tough problems, a graduate degree in economics may be for you.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Cal State Fullerton was ranked #342 on College Factual's Best Schools for economics list. It is also ranked #35 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Cal State Fullerton.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,212 | $1,212 |
Books and Supplies | $1,150 | $1,150 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,296 | $16,296 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,316 | $4,316 |
Learn more about Cal State Fullerton tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Cal State Fullerton in Economics walked away with an average of $13,200 in student debt. That is 38% lower than the national average of $21,243.
The median early career salary of economics students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cal State Fullerton is $47,930 per year. That is 2% higher than the national average of $46,790.
Online degrees for the Cal State Fullerton economics bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cal State Fullerton Online Learning page.
About 27.5% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in economics in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 33.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in economics at Cal State Fullerton in 2019-2020, 60.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 16 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 51 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 37 |
Geography & Cartography | 37 |
Political Science & Government | 126 |
Sociology | 382 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.