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 - Northridge. 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.
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 CSUN was ranked #369 on College Factual's Best Schools for economics list. It is also ranked #37 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for CSUN.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,275 | $1,275 |
Books and Supplies | $1,486 | $1,486 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,662 | $11,662 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,152 | $3,152 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Economics students who received their bachelor’s degree at CSUN 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 CSUN is $42,682 per year. That is 9% lower than the national average of $46,790.
CSUN does not offer an online option for its economics bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CSUN Online Learning page.
About 26.3% 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%.
Around 50.8% of economics bachelor’s degree recipients at CSUN in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 10 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 37 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 32 |
International Students | 19 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 15 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 118 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 64 |
Geography & Cartography | 33 |
Political Science & Government | 185 |
Sociology | 531 |
Urban Studies | 22 |
*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.