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 Vassar College. 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, 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.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Vassar is in the top 10% of the country for economics. More specifically it was ranked #49 out of 627 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #7 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Vassar.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Vassar paid an average of $1,842 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. 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 | $60,030 | $60,030 |
Fees | $980 | $980 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,990 | $14,990 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,350 | $1,350 |
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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. Economics students who received their bachelor’s degree at Vassar took out an average of $18,750 in student loans. That is 12% lower than the national average of $21,243.
The median early career salary of economics students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Vassar is $64,281 per year. That is 37% higher than the national average of $46,790.
Online degrees for the Vassar 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 Vassar Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in economics in 2019-2020, 40.8% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in economics at Vassar in 2019-2020, 20.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 13 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 49 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 12 |
Geography & Cartography | 9 |
International Relations & National Security | 27 |
Political Science & Government | 44 |
Sociology | 16 |
*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.