What is an economics major good for?

One of my undergraduate students asked, so I slapped these links together:

Some notes, courtesy of Portland State University.

A shorter discussion from Elon.

Davidson's page about economics graduate school.

Duke's interesting page specifically about master's programs in economics.

And comments from a few of Johns Hopkins's Master's alumni about the value of the Master's degree and what they do.

Comments

[JorgXMcKie]

I have a friend with a degree in Political Science who is now making a living doing a one-man Teddy Roosevelt show. (He played the White House last week or so on Roosevelt's 150th birthday). So I guess that's one thing you can do with a poli sci degree.

[johnq]

college board has the best all-in-one package about economics http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/majors/45.0601.html