by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in international economics, you may also want to explore 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 international 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Economics and Computer Science | 3 | 128 |
| Economics and Foreign Language/Literature | 3 | — |
| Environmental/Natural Resource Economics | 3 | 184 |
| Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | 3 | 164 |
| Political Economy | 3 | 266 |
| Agricultural Economics | 2 | 1,768 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 2 | 4,583 |
| Mathematical Economics | 2 | 141 |
| Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics | 2 | 150 |
| American History (United States) | 1 | 242 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 22,727 |
| Economics, General | 21,627 |
| Development Economics and International Development | 375 |
| Applied Economics | 368 |
| Economics, Other | 250 |
Part of the broader field of Economics, international economics shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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