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NTU • College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Economics is a four-year programme offered by the School of Social Sciences. It provides training in economic theory and statistical methods, with specialisation tracks including Applied & Empirical Economics, Finance, and Public Policy. Elective courses cover areas such as financial economics, development economics, and behavioural economics.
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Programme information from NTU
Economics at NTU has an IGP of ABC/B, a 86.2% employment rate, and a median starting salary of $4,621, placing it in the top quarter by graduate pay.
The 10th percentile IGP for this programme is ABC/B, which works out to 60.2 rank points out of 70. That puts it in the upper half among all 77 courses with published IGP data, and 16th out of 46 programmes at NTU by how hard it is to get into. The 90th percentile IGP is AAA/A, so you can see the typical range of admitted students. Polytechnic graduates need a minimum GPA of 3.60 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.86.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 86.2% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 4% above the NTU average of 82.6%, which puts it in the lower quarter across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 78.5%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $4,621, which ranks in the top quarter of all courses (51st out of 242). That's 5% above the NTU average of $4,397. Most graduates earned between $4,100 and $5,200, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 3.7 percentage points, moving from 89.9% to 86.2%. That's based on 12 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $1,621 (54%) over the same period, from $3,000 in 2013 to $4,621 in 2025.
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Source: NTU Admissions Office
Source: MOE Graduate Employment Survey (2025)
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NTU • College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
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Contains data from Graduate Employment Survey from MOE made available under Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0