What Can I Do With a Degree in Economics?

Careers in economics

What careers follow after an economics degree?
  
Economics majors are successful in a wide variety of careers. Although various roles in businesses are most common, economics majors are successful in law, medicine, government, non-profits, and international relations, as well as in academic roles.

• Career earnings — What economists can expect to earn in different fields
  
  
• The corporate world and the MBA — A popular path for economics majors
  
  
• Economic consulting — Consulting may be a stepping stone to an economics career
  
  
• The legal profession — Economics students are increasingly enrolling in law school
  
  
• Central banks, government, and not-for-profits — There are many roles for economists in these sectors
  
  
• The economics profession — Becoming a professor, researcher, or educator

Source:  American Economics Association