The University has an excellent placement service that brings prospective employers and employees together. For more details about job opportunities and for a comparison of salaries of economics majors and other majors, click here. The economics department faculty has an excellent reputation for teaching, research, and service to the profession. The department has 17 full-time faculty members with diverse educational and professional backgrounds. The Department houses and edits the Journal of Macroeconomics , and the Division of Economic Development and Forecasting is administratively located within the Department.
Faculty members encourage and welcome personal interaction with their students.
The University Louisiana State University holds a prominent position in higher education and is considered one of the world's finest teaching and research institutions. Today, more than 25,000 undergraduate students are enrolled at the University, with a total of more than 30,000 students enrolled in any given semester. Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, is a leading petrochemical, financial, and industrial city with a metropolitan-area population of more than 600,000.