by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in general economics, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Below 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 general economics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered 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 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 3 | 43,359 |
| Social Sciences, General | 3 | 15,565 |
| Agricultural Economics | 2 | 1,768 |
| American History (United States) | 2 | 242 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 22,727 |
| Development Economics and International Development | 375 |
| Applied Economics | 368 |
| International Economics | 281 |
| Economics, Other | 250 |
A specialization within Economics, general economics sits alongside related programs in that field.
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