A degree in economics provides a student with strong theoretical and quantitative foundations that can be used to differentiate them from other job-seekers after graduation. Students choose from an intriguing set of elective courses such as environmental economics, urban economics, health economics, the economics of race and a year-long intensive exposure to international economics. The uniqueness of the economics program at Wooster is the senior experience where all students work independently in consultation with a faculty advisor on a year-long senior project.

Wooster provides an academically challenging program of business education within the context of the liberal arts for those who desire a sophisticated understanding of business operation and an appreciation for the social and economic complexities of the world in which firms operate. The course work gives students a foundation on which to build and helps them develop the skills that allow them to gather business and economic data and analyze them in a useful way.