Degree Outcomes

  • Graduates have gone on to careers with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Board, Research Triangle Institute, AIG Financial, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  • Graduates have entered law schools, MBA programs, the London School of Economics, and the PhD program at the University of Virginia, among others.
  • Graduates can apply to our MA program in applied economics (among the best terminal master’s programs in applied economics in the country) and learn the statistical and econometric techniques to enter the job market on a professional career track. We place more than 90 percent of our MA graduates in professional careers, earning between $45,000–$80,000.
  • Graduates can consider a UNCG PhD in economics, emphasizing the applied microeconomic fields of health, labor, and public economics.