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Career Paths of Economics Majors
Economics majors pursue diverse career paths. During the fall of 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Economics Department surveyed Rose Hill economics majors from the classes of 1960 through 2005. For this sample, approximately 55 percent had continued their education at some point in their lives. Twenty-one percent had attended law school and sixteen percent had completed an MBA. The 2006 "Alumni Directory: Undergraduate Program in Economics" is available from Prof. Leighton, the Associate Chair, for students to peruse. There is also a folder, which students may borrow, that lists alumni willing to speak with students about career paths.
Recent graduates have sent letters back to the department describing their new jobs. Click here to view three letters.
Listed below is a sampling of Economics majors' current employer, bases on our surveys.
| Academic |
Entrepreneurship |
| Brandeis University |
Altpower Inc. |
| East Irondequoit Central Schools |
H.P. Mile, Inc. |
| Fordham University |
New Millennium Limousines |
| Loyola University |
Primary Financial Group, L.L.C. |
| Morris Catholic High School |
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| Rutgers |
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| SUNY Buffalo |
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| The Alpha Program at I.S.S.2 |
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| University of Rhode Island |
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| Corporate Business |
Financial and Consulting Services |
| Anheuser Busch |
ABN AMRO Bank |
| AT&T |
Addison Financial Search |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
AIG |
| Avnet Electronics Marketing |
Alliance Capital |
| BARD Access Systems |
Allstate Insurance |
| BKP |
American Skandia Life Assurance |
| Bloomingdales |
Aon Risk Services, Inc |
| BMW Motorrad USA |
Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro |
| BPI Reprographics NYC |
Barclays |
| Cadbury Schweppes |
Bear Sterns |
| Caribbean Produce Exchange, Inc |
Blackroad Financial Management |
| CBS |
Bloomberg LP |
| Daily Express,Inc |
BNP Paribas |
| ECO & Sons Inc./DBA |
BNY Mortgage Company LLC |
| Eddie Bauer |
Bowne & Co., Inc |
| H. Galow Co., Inc. |
Brookwood Financial Partners, LP |
| Hamilton Sundstrand |
BTM Capital Corporation |
| IBM |
Cantor Fitzgerald/eSpeed |
| Jones Lang Lasalle |
Cap Gemini Ernst and |
| Macy's |
Carret & Company |
| Mainzer Minton Co., Inc. |
Ceteris Group |
| Newsweek |
Chapdelaine Corporate Securities, Inc. |
| Online Technology, Inc |
Citigroup |
| Oracle Corporation |
Citigroup GlobalMarkets |
| Pan Am Sat Corporation |
Credit Suisse Asset Management |
| Panduit |
Credit Suisse First Boston |
| Pepsi USA |
Deloitte & Touche, LLP |
| Pfizer |
Deutsche Bank |
| Strategic Resources Corporation |
Fidelity Investment |
| TrimSpa |
Financial Informations, Inc. |
| University Sports |
FWCook & Co |
| Ziff Davis Media, Inc. |
GFI Group |
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Goldman Sachs & Co |
| Law |
Honeywell International |
| Bondy & Schloss, LLP |
JP Morgan Fleming Asset |
| Coudert Brothers, LLP |
JPMorgan Securities |
| Crawath Swaine and Moore, LLC |
JPMorgan Chase |
| Davis Polk and Wardwell |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods |
| Davoli & Vesnaver |
Knight Trading Group |
| Dechert, LLP |
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group |
| Fabiani & Cohen, LLP |
Lincoln National Corporation |
| Goldstein, Goldstein, Rikon, Gottlieb, Pc. |
Lloyd's of London |
| Golub & Golub, LLP |
Lyons Mortgage Services, Inc. |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
MBIA Insurance Corporation |
| Heidel, Pittoni, Murphy and Bach |
Merrill Lynch |
| Hewitt Associates |
Moody's |
| Kahn Kahn & Scutieri |
Morgan Stanley |
| Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum |
Natexis Bleichroeder, Inc. |
| Law Office of Donald J. Feerick, Jr |
Network Financial |
| Michael E. Sawicky, P.L.L.C |
New England Financial |
| Mika Meyers Beckett and Jones, PLC |
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network |
| Milman & Heidecher Law Firm |
NY Life Insurance |
| NECA |
NY Urban, LLC |
| Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP |
Ore Hill Partners, LLC |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP |
POM Recoveries, Inc. |
| Pavia & Harcourt, LP |
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| Pennie & Edmonds, |
Raymond James & Associates |
| Proskaver Rose, LLP |
Reed & Associates |
| Russo Keane & Toner, LLP |
Royal Alliance Associates Inc. |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP |
Sanford Bernstein |
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SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Co., Inc. |
| Health |
Smith Barney |
| Little PPMD-Upstate Pediatric Urology |
State Farm Insurance |
| Montefiore Medical Center |
TD Securities (USA ), Inc. |
| Private Practice |
TD Waterhouse |
| Saint Anne Villa |
The Bank of New York |
| The Hebrew Home for the Aged |
TIAA-CREF |
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Transmarket Group LLC |
| Various |
U.S. Trust/ Charles Schwab |
| CBS News |
UBS Global Asset Management |
| Jesuit Volunteer |
USI |
| National Shooting Sports Foundation |
Wachovia Securities |
| Peace Corps |
Self Employed |
| The History Channel |
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Financial Rewards
Economic majors in the US do well financially. Data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that men, aged 35-44, with a bachelor's degree (any major) earned $43,199 on average in 1993. Similar men who majored in economics earned $49,377. Women aged 35-44 with a bachelor's degree earned $32,155 on average in 1993, while those who majored in economics earned $49,170. Economics is the only major in which there is gender equality in earnings in midlife. Click here to view an Excel chart comparing the earnings of men and women by major.
Questions?
Contact:
Prof. Mary C. Burke
Associate Chair, Rose Hill
Dealy E508
mburke@fordham.edu
Prof. Clive Daniel
Associate Chair, Lincoln Center
Lowenstein 924G
daniel@fordham.edu
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