by our College Data Analytics TeamEconomics is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at University of California - Irvine. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in economics, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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.
Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
| Fees | $1,912 | $1,912 |
economics who receive their doctor’s degree from UC Irvine make an average of $81,498 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Online degrees for the UC Irvine economics doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Irvine Online Learning page.
Women made up around 23.1% of the economics students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 32.8%.
Around 30.8% of economics doctor’s degree recipients at UC Irvine in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 11%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 12 |
| Other Economics | 1 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | 6 |
| Criminology | 3 |
| Political Science & Government | 6 |
| Sociology | 13 |
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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.
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