Economics Department Undergraduate Program
What happens after you get your BA in Economics?
New! Examples from the Recent Graduates include students going on for more schooling and beginning work:
Graduate school is one option:
- Advice on going on to Graduate School.
NO! No more school - I want to go to work!
- "Opportunities for Economics Majors," from the Career Center.
- Career Center Homepage.
- Job Postings from After College.com
And here are interviews with some alumni to help you find out what it's like to work...
- ... as a researcher in a major brokerage house
- ... as a fund analyst for an asset management group
- ... as an analyst in a major investment bank
- ... as a consultant in a management consultancy firm
- ... as an arbitrage trader
- ... as a research associate in a Federal Reserve bank
You can learn more about almost any job: the requirements, working conditions,
pay scales, employment outlook, etc., from the
Occupational Outlook Handbook.
(Shortcut: go directly to the Occupational Outlook Handbook entry for
Economists)
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