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Department of Economics
University of Mississippi

Careers and Alumni

What can Economics majors do after graduation? Meet a few…

John-Jenks

John Jenks

Director of Public Policy, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

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Pedron

Jordan Pedron

Vice President, Personal Capital 

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Johnny-Ducking

Johnny Ducking

Associate Professor of Economics, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Shad-White

Shadrack (Shad) White

State Auditor of Mississippi 

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Brianna-Florian

Brianna Florian

Product Manager, Manhattan Life 

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Oaks

Jackson Oaks

Credit Analyst, Peoples United Equipment Finance 

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Wynn-Shuford

Wynn Shuford

Assistant United States Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee 

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Will-Allen-Orion

Will Allen

Field Services Executive for Orion Group

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Steve-McKinney

Steve McKinney

Retired environmental attorney, Balch & Bingham’s

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Joshua-Christian

Joshua Christian

Commander, 183rd Airlift Squadron, MS Air National Guard

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Al-Williams

Al Williams

Chief Financial Officer, Bush Brothers & Company

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Fleet

F. Norfleet Abston

President, Fleet Building & Contracting, LLC

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Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill

Senior VP, Senior Quantitative Model Development Manager, Truist

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Economics Careers

A liberal arts education empowers and prepares students to deal with complexity and change through a broad knowledge of the world.  They gain key skills in communication, problem-solving, and working with a diverse group of people.

Our Economics alumni are working in many different sectors of the economy, with the largest six groups shown in this infographic. The largest percentages are working in business and financial firms, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, and law firms.

Related careers include economist, researcher, policy analyst, investment analyst, money manager, pricing analyst, data analyst, financial risk analyst, lawyer, researcher, financial consultant, actuary, professor, auditor, and forecast analyst.

 

Our graduates are …

  • Pres., Medical Assurance Company of MS
  • President/CEO, First Guaranty Bank
  • Senior Audit Associate, KPMG
  • Senior Analyst, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • VP, Bank of America
  • Principal Rate Analyst, MS Power Co.
  • National Account Executive, AT&T
  • Senior IT Sales, IBM
  • Senior Power Trader, Tenn. Valley Authority
  • Founding Chairman, Burson-Marsteller
  • Former US Rep Travis W. Childers
  • AidData Manager, Global Research Inst.
  • Faculty, Texas Tech University
  • Partner/Attorney, Balch & Bingham
  • Attorney, Butler Snow
  • Research Analyst, MS Dev. Authority
  • State Auditor, Mississippi