The UMKC Department of Economics is known in the Kansas City metro, nationally, and internationally as a center for creative and innovative economics. We offer a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the study of economics. Our students challenge the status quo and find new and better ways to explain the world. Our graduates are in high demand and find employment in business, finance, government service, and academia. The department has a tradition that is more than 80 years old that continues to be our strongest asset.

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Two Degrees, Three Years, Countless Opportunities with UMKC

Vari Patel thrived on campus with accelerated degrees, mentorship and leadership opportunities

History of the Haag Hall Don Quixote Mural

Mural by Luis Quintanilla captures an enduring, pre-World War II point of view and gets new life through the Kansas City Monuments Coalition

What’s New at UMKC

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