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According to MSN.careers, the starting salary of an economics major exceeds $50,000 a year. There are more economics majors than any other major on the Forbes magazine list of the richest Americans.
Some common positions include analysts, economists, and professors
Employers looking for economic degrees include
- The Tax Foundation
- Global Fairness Initiative
- Institute of Defense Analyses
- The Federal Reserve
- United States Air Force
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
Where Past Students Were Employed | |
Teresa Hannah ’88 President BetaTau EnterprisesFaye A. Jacobs ’90 Analyst Bureau of the CensusKen Lopez ’92 CEO Animators at Law, Inc. Diane Young ’93 Economist Bureau of Economic Analysis Duane Frankson ’94 Claims Investigator Geico Insurance Co. Mary (Botty) Jessey ’94 David Henderson ’95 Kevin Ely ’97 Scott Estelle ’97 Anna Eriksson (Fletcher) ’98 Dan Opiela ’99 Tamara R.Hinton ’99 Melissa Fallen ’00 Mel Sirois ’00 Steve Spurry ’01 Bennett Sutton ’95 |
Jane Broadway ’90 Special Agent FBI – DallasKimberly Ecker Keeley ’92 AVP – Corporate Banking Gainesville Bank & TrustNorkaAnchiraico Miller ’92 Economist Bureau of Labor Statistics Marc Passiment ’93 Branch Manager First Virginia BankAlan Sylvestre ’94 Investment Broker A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Christopher Topoleski ’95 Jason Tootell ’97 Jeff Seaman ’97 Erik Candy ’97 Angela Lengyel ’99 Gabriel Venturi ’99 Mike Palmedo ’00 Jessica Cornwell (Koller) ’98 Timothy Robinson ’01 |