Economics

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• Personal statement or essay (optional).
• Official transcripts, academic records, diplomas, national examination results, certificates or degrees received from all secondary, post-secondary, university and/or professional schools and any necessary translations. International college or university transcripts must be submitted to an external evaluation service company for a course-by-course evaluation. World Education Services or SpanTran are two evaluation companies that Westminster College recommends using. There may be other exceptions granted on a case-by-case basis.
• International students who are non-native speakers of English must provide evidence of English language proficiency by submitting official scores from one of five standardized tests: SAT/ACT/TOEFL/IELTS/DUOLINGO. Test date must be within two years of application for scores to be valid. See English Proficiency Policy below for details.
• Recommendation letter from high school counselor or teacher, upon request.
• Submit International Student Financial Aid Questionnaire in admissions portal

Economics provides excellent preparatory work for jobs in business, banking, or government. Economics teaches you to think. It teaches you to look at issues critically, how to analyze an issue and construct an argument, all of which are important job skills.

Many law schools require or look favorably on an Economics degree. Much of the law is based on economic principles. Many aspects of the law involves economic issues, such as contracts and torts. Economics teaches you both how to follow an analytical argument, as well as how to write, which are both valuable skills in a law practice.

Approximately half of Economics program graduates have gone on to graduate school, mostly in law. Students have also gone on to do graduate work in economics, business, finance, history, philosophy, political science, and even medical school. Almost every year, 1 or 2 students go on to do PhD work in economics.