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Economics graduates from Exeter commonly work in the following sectors:
- Accountancy, Banking, Finance and Insurance
- Business Analytics, Strategy and Consulting
- Business Operations and Management
- IT, Data and Tech
- Politics, Government and Public Sector
While these sectors are popular among Economics graduates, alumni from your course enter a broad range of jobs, sectors and further study, as you can see below.
Interested in career options that directly relate to your discipline or where your degree gives you a strong advantage? Start by exploring: What can I do with an Economics degree?
Destinations of Exeter Economics graduates
Each year, UK graduates are surveyed 15 months after finishing their degrees via the Graduate Outcomes survey.
Graduates from your discipline have entered a wide range of job roles. You can explore some recent examples below.*
To learn more about these roles, browse the job profiles on Prospects. For more detailed insights into each area of work, visit our employment sector pages.
Accountancy
- Assurance Associate
- Audit Assistant
- Forensic Accountant
Banking, Finance and Insurance
- Client Relations Analyst
- Equity Sales Analyst
- Global Researcher
- Investment Banking Analyst
- Credit Trader
Built Environment
- Property Analyst
- Surveyor
Business Analytics, Strategy and Consulting
- Economics Consultant
- Management Consultant
- Project Manager
- Sustainability Analyst
- Wealth Management Analyst
Business Operations and Management
- Business Management and Sales
- HR Graduate
- Finance Graduate (Retail)
- Partnerships Manager
- Revenue Management Trainee
IT, Data and Tech
- Business Consultant
- Client Services Associate
- Data Engineer
- IT Auditor
- Technology Consultant
Politics, Government and the Public Sector
- Assistant Economist (UK Government)
- Business Analyst
- Parliamentary Researcher
- Risk Analyst
- Spectrum Policy Graduate
Remember…
Most employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Graduates from your discipline have gone on to work for a range of employers. You can explore some recent examples below.*
For tips on researching an employer, visit our researching employers page.
- APMG
- Alpha Asset and Wealth Management Consultancy
- Amion Consulting
- Azets
- BDO Consulting
- Bank of England
- Carnival UK
- Civil Service
- EY
- EcoAct
- Fidelity Investments
- Forvis Mazars
- Henderson Park
- IBM
- Koch Global Services
- L’Oreal
- Lazard
- London Metal Exchange
- NatWest
- PA Consulting
- Royal Marines
- SS & C Technologies
- Third Bridge
- Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
- Velocity Trade
Graduates from your discipline have pursued various programmes of further study. You can explore some recent examples below.**
To learn more about pursuing further study visit our postgraduate study page.
Further study related to your discipline
- MA Economics, Finance and Management
- MRes Economics
- MSc Behavioural and Economic Science (Economics Track)
- MSc Economics
- MSc Finance and Economics
- MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management
Further study in other disciplines
- LLM Law and Business
- MA International Relations
- MSc Applied Data Science and Statistics
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- MSc Digital and Technology Solutions
- MSc Finance and Investment
- MSc Financial Technology
- MSc International Business Management
- MSc Global Governance
- MSc Marketing
- MSc Public Policy
- MSc Social Data Science
- MSc Real Estate
- MSc Sustainable Cities
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL)
Useful resources
- Discover what matters to you in a future career using our Know Yourself page.
- Explore your career options using our Employment Sectors page.
- Consider your further study options by visiting our postgraduate study page.
- Browse Exeter alumni career paths using the University's alumni profiles database and LinkedIn's University of Exeter Alumni Tool (LinkedIn account required).
- View national graduate destinations for your discipline in the What do graduates do? report. Please note it does not cover all disciplines.
*Data is based on responses from full-time, UK-domiciled students who graduated between 2020/21 and 2022/23, as reported in the Graduate Outcomes surveys.
**Individual course titles are taken from the University of Exeter’s Career Destination Survey (2022/23 and 2023/24).