{"450211":{"#nid":"450211","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ivan Allen Economics Degree Ranks #4","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Economics\u003C\/strong\u003E ranks fourth in a new nationwide survey of best economics degree programs conducted by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.collegechoice.net\/rankings\/best-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECollege Choice\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECollege Choice\u003C\/em\u003E noted that economics is currently a very popular major with a track record of producing some of the highest salaries upon graduation of any undergraduate major. Although many economics majors go on to pursue graduate studies, the \u003Cem\u003ECollege Choice\u003C\/em\u003E survey focused on undergraduate economic majors with a job after graduation in view. The list takes two factors into consideration: cost of attendance and salary upon graduation. According to PayScale, the average starting salary for Georgia Tech graduates is $60,700.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.collegechoice.net\/rankings\/best-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics\/\u0022\u003EContinue to full article\u2026\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27498","created_gmt":"2015-09-21 14:16:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:44","author":"Rachel Miles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"UHF Tags Array","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.collegechoice.net\/rankings\/best-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"450201":{"id":"450201","type":"image","title":"College Choice Ranking: Bachelor\u0027s in Economics","body":null,"created":"1449256280","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:20","changed":"1475895192","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:12","alt":"College Choice Ranking: Bachelor\u0027s in Economics","file":{"fid":"203319","name":"2015-rankings-of-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics-300x275.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015-rankings-of-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics-300x275_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015-rankings-of-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics-300x275_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":15908,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2015-rankings-of-bachelors-degree-programs-in-economics-300x275_0.png?itok=UzWh-ajJ"}}},"media_ids":["450201"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"602","name":"economics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}