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Economics Schools in Atlanta

Atlanta, GA (population: 571,861) has seven economics schools within its city limits. Emory University, the highest ranked school in the city with an economics program, has a total student population of 12,930. It is the 30th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Georgia. To learn more about economics programs in Atlanta, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of economics professors at Emory University such as Shomu Banerjee, Berrak Buyukkarabacak, Leonard Carlson, Hashem Dezkhbhaksh, Andrew Francis, and David Howard.

Economics students from Atlanta schools who go on to become economists, economics professors, analysts, economic analysts, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 13,160 people working as economists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $96,320. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area alone, there are 134,620 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average salary of $72,370. Economists in this area earn $92,920/yr and there are 200 employed.

Atlanta lies in Fulton county, which is one of the 106 counties in Georgia. Overall, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area has 2,290,890 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0% unemployment rate, $22/hr average worker wage, and a $45,520 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Atlanta are held by economists, and 59/1000 are held by business and financial operations employees.

Of the 7 economics schools in Atlanta, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Spelman College comes out as the most expensive ($29,112/yr) for economics students, with Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus as the lowest, reported at only $8,258/yr.

Economics Programs in Atlanta

Emory University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Georgia State University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• International Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Morehouse College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Oglethorpe University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Spelman College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Clark Atlanta University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

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