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  California State University, Bakersfield's alumni have been admitted to law schools such as Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley and Georgetown. Other alumni have attended MBA programs at Stanford, and public policy programs such as Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Our alumni successfully operate small businesses and make important contributions to Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits. They teach high school and work for legislative bodies and regulatory agencies in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. We invite you to ask a dozen CEO's to name their undergraduate major. Many probably will respond, "Economics."

"'The best people are more frequently taking economics as their major than they were a decade ago. It shows they have the intellectual fire in the belly to perform well in an MBA program.'

Richard Silverman,
Executive Director of Admissions,
Yale School of Management.
(as quoted in the Wall Street Journal, 11/30/98)


'Of all the majors, economics ranks in the top four or five consistently year after year for both applicants and offers made. Logical reasoning and analytical skills are critical to legal studies.'

Edward Tom,
Director of Admissions,
UC Berkeley School of Law,
(as quoted in the Wall Street Journal, 11/30/98)
 

According to a recent study of LSAT scores published in the Journal of Economic Education, Economics majors consistently scored higher than any other major.

Average LSAT Score by Majors, 1995
(minimum of 2,000 students taking the exam)
Rank
Major
LSAT Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14 		Economics
History
English
Engineering
Journalism/foreign language
Finance
Psychology
Accounting
Political Science
Communications
Management
Sociology/social work
Business Administration
Criminology 		155.3
154.0
153.7
152.7
152.5
152.2
151.9
151.8
151.6
150.7
149.4
149.3
148.6
145.8
Source: Neiswiadomy, Michael. 'LSAT Scores of Economics Majors,'
Journal of Economic Education, Fall 1998, 377-379. "

 

Source: Duquesne University