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Employment and Career Resources

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The Economics Department encourages all economics majors to include a co-op/internship experience before graduation to enhance job placement after graduation.  Please talk to your economics advisor about co-op and internship opportunities. Students should also visit the office of Internships and Civic Engagement Services (ICES) and the Office of Career Services.  For information on career options and the training needed for various careers, check out the Bureau of Labor Statisitics Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Recent Co-op & Employment Placements for Economics Majors:

  • Emerald Asset Management
  • Enterprise Rental Car
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board
  • Local Economy Center @ F&M
  • Kylen Financials
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • Superdog Pet Foods
  • Lockheed Martin
  • PNC Bank
  • Fulton Bank
  • Vanguard Securities
  • Target
  • Morgan Stanley
  • American Express
  • Susquehanna Bank
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Bank of New York Mellon
  • Baltimore Life

NACE Salary Survey Data

Summer 2008

Starting Salary Offers - National Averages

Discipline Average Salary
Computer Science $60,416
Economics $50,507
Mathematics $49,736
Finance $48,547
Accounting $48,085
Business Administration/    Management $45,915
Marketing/Marketing Mgmt. $42,053
Political Science $38,179
History $37,223
Communications $36,585
Visual & Performing Arts $35,571
Biological Sciences/Life Sciences $35,042
Sociology $34,796
English Language & Literature $34,327
Elementary Teacher Education $34,071
Psychology $33,564


All data are for the bachelor's degree level.

Source: Summer 2008 Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Program Majors

Program Minors

Going to Grad School?

Economics majors score higher on the business school entrance exam (GMAT):

Major

GMAT score*

Economics

566.2   

Finance

534

Accounting

507.4

International
Business

503.8

Management

491.25

Marketing

482

*Average of GMAT scores from 2001-2006.  Source: The Profile of Graduate Management Admission Test,  Graduate Management Admission Council, 2007

Going to Law School?

Economics majors score higher on the law school entrance exam (LSAT):

 MajorLSAT score*

 1

Economics

156.6

 2Engineering155.4
 3History155
 4English154.3
 5Finance152.6
 6Political Science152.1
 7Psychology152.1
 8Criminal Justice144.7

Total (all categories)152.2

*Average LSAT Scores by Major, 2002-03.   Source:  Michael Nieswiadomy, "LSAT Scores of Economics Majors: The 2003-04 Class Update," Journal of Economic Education 37 #2, Spring 2006. Pp. 244-7.

The Challenge

 If you want to learn more about the economic aspects of international trade, health care, national security, and crime, ...if you want to learn more about product markets, stock markets, money markets, and labor markets, ...if you are serious about accepting the challenge to help solve the world's problems of poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, and climate change, ...then we encourage you to consider the major that moves the WORLD!