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76% recommend

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  • Junior327%
  • Senior436%
  • Alumni218%
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Economic knowledge alone won't secure you a job, it's too broad and intuitive. You need to acquire substantial expertise to excel in specific roles. Many pursue graduate studies to gain more time for learning and enhance their…

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Lizzy Chen
Economics major doesn't have many direct pass as it's pretty theoretical. People usually went into econ consulting, finance or more quantitative fields.

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Anonymous student
Take professor RashidIan , bayrak and some others and professor at pinto. Everyone else is unhelpful.

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Careers & next stepsCritical

Economic knowledge alone won't secure you a job, it's too broad and intuitive. You need to acquire substantial expertise to excel in specific roles. Many pursue graduate studies to gain more time for learning and enhance their employability.

Anonymous studentJunior
Career
2.0/5
Oct 2025
Careers & next stepsMixed

Economics major doesn't have many direct pass as it's pretty theoretical. People usually went into econ consulting, finance or more quantitative fields.

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  • Planning a master’s
Lizzy Chen · GraduatedData Science
Career
2.0/5
Oct 2026
Support & communityCritical

Take professor RashidIan , bayrak and some others and professor at pinto. Everyone else is unhelpful.

Anonymous studentJunior
Sep 2025
Careers & next stepsPositive

Economics major definitely gives us plenty of career choices -- either going to industry such as consulting, banking, data analyst etc, or research field might be another way. Economics is real-life based which involves many case studies and theory learnings.

Anonymous studentSophomore
Career
5.0/5
Nov 2025
Careers & next stepsPositive

Fantastic major, can easily switch to other majors as a solid fundamental. Need some meth background like AP Cal, not heavy coursework but might have intense test schedule

Anonymous studentSophomore
Career
5.0/5
Oct 2025
Enjoyment & fitPositive

great. I recommend this major although it may require some math background to easily understand the subject, it is fulfilling to learn economics.

Anonymous studentSenior
Enjoyment
5.0/5
Oct 2025
Courses & teachingPositive

I do believe economics is sth everyone should learn. True learning is only when you make it to the level of you can apply it to the real world.

Anonymous studentSenior
Math
3.0/5
Writing
5.0/5
Oct 2025
Careers & next stepsPositive

Pretty cool major. I’m a mix of Economics and Data Science, so there’s a lot math but it’s a very versatile major!

Anonymous studentSenior
Career
5.0/5
Sep 2025
Difficulty & workloadMixed

Actually I’m major in Econ/Data Science, I have taken several economics courses in USC, I think the depth and difficulty of economics courses is much harder than other colleges.

Anonymous studentJunior
Difficulty
4.0/5
Workload
3.0/5
Oct 2025
Courses & teachingPositive

I chose to major in Economics because I’ve always been curious about how individual decisions and policy choices shape our society and environment. Economics offers a unique framework that connects abstract theories with real-world issues, such as sustainability, urban development, and technological innovation.

Anonymous studentGraduated
Math
5.0/5
Writing
4.0/5
Oct 2025
Advice & things to knowMixed

It is a pretty decent experience to be an Econ major student at USC. Although I would not choose this major ever again, I would still recommend it to anyone who has completely no idea on what to do in their future!

Anonymous studentSenior
Aug 2025

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