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Economics
Markets, money, incentives and policy, analysed with models and data.
Who it suits
IEC
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Persuader: leading, selling, starting things
- Organiser: structure, data, precision
Students here tend to be a bit more curious than average.
Builds on
Economics & business ●●●Mathematics ●●
Typically offers
High salary · Job security
Where it leads
Economist · Policy analyst · Consultant · Central banker · Data analyst
US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$47,437
College Scorecard, US Department of Education
2,371 programmes tracked
🇩🇪 Germany 814🇺🇸 United States 662🇫🇷 France 395🇨🇭 Switzerland 205🇦🇺 Australia 197🇫🇮 Finland 69🇦🇹 Austria 29
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