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 Rutgers University - Camden. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in economics, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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 Rutgers Camden was ranked #420 on College Factual's Best Schools for economics list. It is also ranked #11 in New Jersey.
Here are some of the other rankings for Rutgers Camden.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Rutgers Camden paid an average of $924 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $394 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,230 | $28,466 |
Fees | $2,647 | $2,647 |
Books and Supplies | $1,350 | $1,350 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,691 | $12,691 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,574 | $3,574 |
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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 Rutgers Camden in Economics walked away with an average of $25,500 in student debt. That is 20% higher than the national average of $21,243.
economics who receive their bachelor’s degree from Rutgers Camden make an average of $51,256 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% higher than the national average of $46,790.
Online degrees for the Rutgers Camden 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 Rutgers Camden Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in economics in 2019-2020, 33.3% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 33.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 25.0% of the economics bachelor’s degrees at Rutgers Camden in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Political Science & Government | 34 |
Sociology | 12 |
Urban Studies | 8 |
*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.