Economics is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at Bucknell University. 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.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Bucknell is in the top 10% of the country for economics. More specifically it was ranked #47 out of 627 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #7 in Pennsylvania.
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Part-time undergraduates at Bucknell paid an average of $1,588 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-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 | $57,882 | $57,882 |
Fees | $320 | $320 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,670 | $14,670 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,150 | $2,150 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Bucknell in Economics walked away with an average of $25,000 in student debt. That is 18% higher than the national average of $21,243.
The median early career salary of economics students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Bucknell is $55,286 per year. That is 18% higher than the national average of $46,790.
Online degrees for the Bucknell 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 Bucknell Online Learning page.
Women made up around 34.4% of the economics students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 33.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 18.4% of the economics bachelor’s degrees at Bucknell in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 91 |
International Students | 11 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 104 |
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 21 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 5 |
Geography & Cartography | 1 |
International Relations & National Security | 21 |
Political Science & Government | 92 |
Sociology | 21 |
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*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.