Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees, 1991-2007

Autor/in	Siegfried, John J.
Titel	Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees, 1991-2007
Quelle	In: Journal of Economic Education, 39 (2008) 3, S.297-301 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0485
Schlagwörter	Economics Education; Bachelors Degrees; Females; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Educational Trends + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftskunde; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Weibliches Geschlecht; Privathochschule; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	This article reports on the trends in undergraduate economics degrees from 1991-2007. Undergraduate degrees in economics awarded by U.S. colleges and universities enjoyed a substantial upward trajectory for seven consecutive years from 1997 through 2004, accumulating a 57 percent rise over the seven years. But, like all good things that eventually end, the steadily upward trend from 1997 through 2004 has peaked. Since 2005, the trend in bachelor's degrees awarded in economics has remained flat. Over the past three years, there has been an initial small increase followed by an offsetting decline in the number of degrees. Declines in economics majors at public and private institutions that grant PhDs in economics, which lost 3 percent and 10 percent of their undergraduate economics majors, respectively, drove the small drop in degrees awarded from 2005 to 2007. All other categories for colleges and universities have continued upward since 2005. However, because large public universities that award PhDs in economics account for almost half of the undergraduate economics degrees awarded, the trend among flagship state universities tends to drive the totals. (Contains 3 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10