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 Montclair State University. 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. The bachelor's program at Montclair State was ranked #308 on College Factual's Best Schools for economics list. It is also ranked #6 in New Jersey.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Montclair State paid an average of $668 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $403 per credit hour. 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 | $12,082 | $20,042 |
Fees | $991 | $991 |
Books and Supplies | $1,240 | $1,240 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,674 | $15,674 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,125 | $2,125 |
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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 Montclair State took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 18% higher than the national average of $21,243.
economics who receive their bachelor’s degree from Montclair State make an average of $39,909 a year during the early days of their career. That is 15% lower than the national average of $46,790.
Montclair State 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 Montclair State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 35.3% 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 48.5% of the economics bachelor’s degrees at Montclair State in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 19 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 23 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 68 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 13 |
Geography & Cartography | 9 |
Political Science & Government | 69 |
Sociology | 56 |
*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.