UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Academic Plans
No plans to apply pursue in the next 5 years
Undecided
Not applied, but intend to within the next 5 years
Have applied, unknown acceptance
Accepted, plan to defer
Accepted and will start within the year
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
The majority (68%) of Economics BA degree graduates had plans to pursue
graduate education.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Types of Academic Degrees
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
The vast majority (96%) of graduates with a Economics Major plan to obtain either a
masters degree or PhD.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Most Popular Field of Future Academic Study
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
Economics BA graduates were interested in a variety of advanced degree fields, the
most popular being related to Business, Management, and Marketing (43%).
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Employment Plans
About half (47%) of graduates
with a BA degree in
Economics reported being
employed within 6 months of
graduation.
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Employed vs Seeking Employment
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
More graduates with a BA degree in Economics were employed than seeking
employment 6 months after graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Sectors where students were employed
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
Business
Industry/Manufacturing
Education
Government
Non-profit
Of those employed, 83% of BA Economics graduates reported working in the
Business sector within 6 months of graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Employers & Job Titles
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Median Annual Salary
$90,000
$81,500
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$31,320
$31,320
Overall UCSC Graduates
SocSci Division (excluding Economics BA)
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$0
Economics BA
Fifty percent of graduates with a BA degree in Economics reported earning $81,500
annually or higher within 6 months of graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Geographic Destinations
Economics Major
61% of Economics BA graduates
reported that they plan to work
locally in the Santa Cruz or San
Francisco Bay Area.
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
When did they start looking for a job? (employed & seeking
employment)
Over half (52%) of Economics
BA graduates began looking for a
job at least 3 or more months
before graduation.
Start the search early! Of those
graduates who were employed
full-time, 75% started searching
for a job at least 3 or more
months before graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
How many job offers did they receive?
Economics Major
SocSci Division (excluding Economics Major)
Of those employed, 50% of graduates with a BA degree in Economics
received multiple job offers.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Economics BA Graduates
Internships
68% of graduates reported
that they found their internship
either by using SlugQuest,
networking with UCSC or
personal contacts.
SlugQuest
On-campus interviews
Networking through UCSC contacts
Networking through personal contacts
Direct contact
Previous employer/internship
UCSC Career Center Fair
Other (non-UCSC) job site
Other
Over two-thirds (69%) of
graduates with a Economics
Major had at least 1 or more
internships during their
studies at UCSC.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey