by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in development economics & international development, 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.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of development economics & international development, 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 |
| 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 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 2 | 4,583 |
| History and Political Science | 2 | 69 |
| Mathematical Economics | 2 | 141 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 22,727 |
| Economics, General | 21,627 |
| Applied Economics | 368 |
| International Economics | 281 |
| Economics, Other | 250 |
A specialization within Economics, development economics & international development shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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