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Careers

Careers ideas for students with a BA in Economics:

  • Account executive
  • Bank officer
  • Stockbroker
  • Financial planner
  • City manager
  • Data analyst
  • Financial analyst

A major in economics offers excellent preparation for graduate degrees in law, public policy, public administration, international relations, business, history, library science, and economics.
Careers pursued by MBC alumnae who recently graduated with a major or minor in economics:

  • Assistant Controller for a multi-national packaging company
  • Assistant Public Defender
  • Business administrator for an internet-based company
  • Business analyst for a Fortune 500 financial industries corporation
  • Business Coordinator for The Cavanaugh Flight Museum
  • Business owner providing seminars for business managers
  • Chief Financial Officer for an office furniture company
  • Development Coordinator for the National Air and Space Museum
  • Director of Product Planning for a large telecommunications company
  • Financial analyst
  • Financial reporter for Fortune magazine.
  • Supply Chain Cost Analyst & Forecaster at Procter & Gamble
  • Manager in a medical recruiting company
  • Manager of Sarbanes Oxley Compliance, Capital One
  • Mortgage banker with Woodlands Bank. 
  • Project manager for the third largest U.S. brokerage firm
  • Reference Librarian
  • Research analyst for a defense corporation
  • Research assistant at a think tank
  • Securities lawyer with Citigroup
  • Senior Manager at FedEx Kinko's
  • Survey methodologist at the U.S. Census Bureau, in the Economic Directorate