Economics Major Report
A survey of recent economics majors was answered by
34 students.
The average starting salary is $39,375 in the
Louisville area.
Companies that hired Economics students from this
survey:
- Alltech
- Atria
- C.H. Robison
- Chase
- Humana
- Kentucky Humane Society
- KPMG
- Midwest Metals
- Regional Economics Models, Inc.
- Schneider Electric (formerly Summit Energy)
- Stockyard Bank and Trust
- Teach for America
- US Army
- USIS
Other job placement not reported on the survey (some
with undergraduate degrees and others with graduate degrees)
- Navigant (Consultant)
- CSC (Data Analyst)
- JP Morgan Chase (Mortgage Banking Credit Program)
- PharMerica (Pricing Analyst)
- Kroger Co. (Cost Management Analyst)
- Brown-Forman (several positions in Data Analystics)
- Ernst & Young (Transfer Pricing Staff)
- Accent Marketing (Financial Analyst)
- Fifth Third Bank
- Optimal Blue Secondary Services (Trade Operations Administrator)
- Ameriprise Financial (Financial Service Professional)
- Fellon-McCord (Market Analyst II)
- Business Analytics at HAVI Global Solutions (Senior Analyst)
Graduate
School
These outcomes
are over several years and among students who have taken courses with me. Some
are econ major and others are minors.
Medical School:
University of Louisville
Law School:
University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, University of Cincinnati,
William and Mary, Washington and Lee, UCLA, and NKU.
Masters Programs:
University of Cincinnati (Economics), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Vanderbilt University (Economic Development), University of
Virginia (Data Analytics), University of Maryland - BC (Economics and Public
Policy), University of Louisville (MBA), Xavier University (MBA), University of
Cincinnati (MBA) , Cornell University (Public Policy), NYU, University of
Arizona.
PhD Programs:
Indiana University, George Mason University
Tips
and advice for graduate school.
Here is a list of items you can use to prepare
yourself for graduate school. Some things are UofL specific, but the advice is
useful in general. http://louisville.edu/faculty/jmfern02/graduate-school-advice/
Or Twitter @UofLEcon
