Vocational Programs for Economists Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
16K	$63.78	$132,650

The role of Economists is to conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy The average annual wage of the occupations is $132,650 and $64 per hour. 11 vocational programs could be taken for the Economists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 16,420 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Economists Career

The following 11 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Economists.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Economists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agricultural Economics	8	-	-	-	-
Natural Resource Economics	4	-	-	-	-
Financial Mathematics	2	-	-	-	-
Economics	15	-	-	-	-
Applied Economics	2	-	-	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	1	-	-	-	-
Development Economics and International Development	1	-	-	-	-
International Economics	1	-	-	-	-
Economics (other)	2	-	-	-	-
Political Economy	3	-	-	-	-
Business/Managerial Economics	8	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Economists

The following 39 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Economists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.