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Pursue a degree that opens doors everywhere by studying how societies allocate scarce resources and how individuals manage the creation, exchange, and utilization of products and services. Economics ranks among today's most sought-after majors in the employment landscape. Through this program, you'll complete foundational courses in our B.A. Economics curriculum while concentrating on elements affecting economic, social, and environmental results—including joblessness, deprivation, wealth gaps, healthcare inequities, technological advances, and environmental contamination.
This concentration explores the drivers behind economic, social, and environmental impacts like employment challenges, financial hardship, income disparity, health inequities, tech breakthroughs, and ecological damage. Tailored for aspiring policy analysts and researchers, this path prepares students for roles at government institutions, research organizations like RAND Corporation, Urban Institute, and Mathematica Policy Research, advisory firms such as Abt Associates, and nonprofit entities.
Each student must have their official high school diploma or general equivalency diploma.
English Language Score:
Minimum TOEFL score is 80 (internet version), 550 (paper version), 213 (computer version); recommended minimum IELTS score is 6.5; recommend Duolingo score is 105 or higher.
Application Deadlines - Early Action (Fall) - November 15; Regular Decision (Fall) - February 1; Regular Decision (Spring) - October 15.