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 Linfield University - McMinnville Campus. 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.
If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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. The bachelor's program at Linfield was ranked #231 on College Factual's Best Schools for economics list. It is also ranked #3 in Oregon.
Here are some of the other rankings for Linfield.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Linfield was $1,390 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $44,450 | $44,450 |
Fees | $682 | $682 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,930 | $12,930 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,950 | $1,950 |
Learn more about Linfield tuition and fees.
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 Linfield took out an average of $26,000 in student loans. That is 22% higher than the national average of $21,243.
economics who receive their bachelor’s degree from Linfield make an average of $47,260 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $46,790.
Online degrees for the Linfield 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 Linfield Online Learning page.
Women made up around 45.5% of the economics students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in economics at Linfield in 2019-2020, 18.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
General Economics | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Anthropology | 4 |
International Relations & National Security | 9 |
Political Science & Government | 3 |
Sociology | 4 |
*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.