If you enjoy working with numbers, developing theoretical models, and applying theory to practical situations, you may want to consider a major or minor in economics.

Economics is the study of how people act rationally to achieve their goals with whatever resources are available to them. We study how households make decisions about jobs, spending, and saving; and how businesses make decisions about production and pricing. Economists are also interested in how goods are produced and distributed, how pricing affects markets, and how changes in law and technology affect labor and capital. Since economics touches every aspect of business and social science, there is a great demand for well-trained economists.

Economists are employed by business firms for corporate planning and by financial firms, such as banks and brokers, for analysis and research. In the government sector, economists are hired to determine the need for and results of public policies. Many students of economics earn advanced degrees and teach and do research at universities.

If you qualify, you may become a member of the economics honorary, Omicron Delta Epsilon.

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Some of the companies where our recent economics graduates are employed:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati
Merrill Lynch, Lexington
Whitaker Bank, Lexington

Some of the graduate or professional schools our economics students have attended:

University of Kentucky (graduate study in economics, agricultural economics, business administration, and public administration; Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce; College of Law), Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; graduate study in economics at Vanderbilt University, University of Colorado, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Washington University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and law schools at Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, and others.