Economics at Southern New Hampshire University

What traits are you looking for in a economics school? To help you decide if Southern New Hampshire University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's economics program.

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 134,345. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received their master's degree in economics.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Economics section at the bottom of this page.

SNHU Economics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Economics

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SNHU offers distance education options for economics at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Economics Rankings

Economics Student Demographics at SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of economics master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

Of the students who received a economics master's degree from SNHU, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the economics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,140	$68,010
Managers	950	$123,580
Economics Professors	80	$161,830
Economists	60	$74,570

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.