What Can You Do With an Economics Education Degree?

Economics education for K-12 students is increasingly important. When they grasp microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts, they’ll be prepared to make solid plans for their personal finances: loans, taxes, insurance, stocks and banking. They will also develop a foundation to succeed professionally. The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics prepares students to teach in Delaware schools, as well as in other states or countries.

What is economics education?

As an economics education major, you will study how scarce resources affect the ways markets determine what is produced, how it is produced and for whom. You will explore subjects like international trade, money and banking, unemployment and inflation, market structures and public policy issues. Students in this major have the same economics requirements as those for the other economics majors.

Economic educators are tasked with passionately and knowledgeably teaching students, so that by the time they graduate from high school, they are well for their adult roles as workers, consumers, investors, voters and general citizens in a world economy.

Is economics education a good career?

Students who receive a bachelor’s degree in economics education have the chance to continue their education or start a full-time position. Through the economics education program at Lerner, students will be prepared to begin teaching in schools. Those choosing to further their education can receive a master of arts in economics and entrepreneurship for educators and even go on to pursue a Ph.D. in economic education.

Lerner Offers Grad Scholarships, AI Programs for Fall 2025

The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has expanded its graduate offerings for Fall 2025, including three new scholarship opportunities and three programs focused on artificial intelligence. Applications for Fall 2025 are open...

Lerner College Honors Six Outstanding Alumni at 2025 Awards

The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics recognized six distinguished graduates during the 2025 Lerner Alumni Awards ceremony, held on Friday, June 6, in the Lerner Hall Atrium. Part of UD’s annual Alumni Weekend, the event honored...

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Lerner Among 10 Undergrad Business Schools to Watch by P&Q

The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has been included among the 2025 10 Undergraduate Business Schools To Watch by Poets&Quants. Lerner recently jumped up 13 places this year to No. 52 in Poets&Quants’ annual ranking of...

UD Lerner names Markus Schuckert chair of HSBM

The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics Dean Oliver Yao has announced the appointment of Markus Schuckert as chair of the Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management (HSBM), effective Sept. 1, 2025. Schuckert will also...

Lerner’s Cheng Named DENIN Fellow for Waste Research

Assistant Professor of Marketing Andong Cheng at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has been named a Faculty Fellow at the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) for the 2025–27 term. Cheng is the first faculty member from...