by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in applied economics, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of applied economics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental/Natural Resource Economics | 4 | 184 |
| Political Economy | 4 | 266 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 3 | 4,583 |
| Economics and Computer Science | 3 | 128 |
| Economics and Foreign Language/Literature | 3 | — |
| Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | 3 | 164 |
| Agricultural Economics | 2 | 1,768 |
| Applied/Public Sociology | 2 | 105 |
| History and Political Science | 2 | 69 |
| Marketing Research | 2 | 200 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 22,727 |
| Economics, General | 21,627 |
| Development Economics and International Development | 375 |
| International Economics | 281 |
| Economics, Other | 250 |
As a more focused area within Economics, applied economics sits alongside related programs in that field.
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