A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and macroeconomics, comparative economic systems, money and banking systems, international economics, quantitative analytical methods, and applications to specific industries and public policy issues.
| A major in Economics, General is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 28
Illinois
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Economics, General among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | University of Chicago
Chicago, IL | 183
(15.4%) |  |  | |
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| | Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL | 38
(11.2%) |  |  | |
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| | Northwestern University
Evanston, IL | 191
(9.4%) | | | |
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| | Knox College
Galesburg, IL | 19
(6.6%) | | | |
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| | Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL | 13
(6.0%) | |  | |
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| | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL | 267
(3.7%) | | | |
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| | Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL | 15
(3.2%) | | | |
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| | Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL | 19
(3.0%) | | | |
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| | University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL | 91
(2.7%) | | | |
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| | Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL | 92
(2.3%) | | | |
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