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Career Opportunities

A bachelor’s degree in economics at UT offers a wide scope for students to choose their courses and fields of concentration. One student may chart a path to gain a deep understanding of business strategy while another focuses on how public policy impacts the environment, health and inequality. The tools of economics are valuable in jobs as diverse as consumer marketing, political advocacy and sports analytics. Perhaps even more importantly, they provide a framework for understanding our ever-evolving society.

The analytical skills you develop in our program are useful for careers in the banking, finance, research and technology industries. Our graduates have successfully gone on to pursue careers within banking, politics, nonprofit organizations and government service as well as furthering their study in MBA programs, law school and advanced degrees in business and economics. Research suggests economics majors have higher performance on the GMAT than other social science or business graduates and higher LSAT scores.

99%

Graduates employed or pursuing higher education

$59,020

Average economics graduate salary 

Majoring in Economics

One can major in economics through either the Haslam College of Business or the College of Arts and Sciences, and each have only four required economics courses. Apart from these courses, students have flexibility to personalize their training and prepare for a wide variety of careers within range of economics curriculum.

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Scholarship Opportunities

The Haslam College of Business awards more than $5 million dollars annually in scholarships to students. Awards include college and departmental scholarships. Each year, students should apply to be considered for college and departmental scholarships through the university’s Continuing Undergraduate Student Scholarship application. 

Scholarship criteria is varied and may be based on a student’s need, academic merit, engagement in student organizations and research, and overall profile.