2025 Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #78 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of business/managerial economics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 81 bachelor's degrees in business/managerial economics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business/managerial economics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business/managerial economics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business/managerial economics to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business/managerial economics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business/managerial economics students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Business/Managerial Economics Schools

The managerial economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business/Managerial Economics in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Managerial Economics

1

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

54 Annual Graduates

$53,536 Median Starting Salary

$27,025 Median Student Debt

Grand Valley State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Allendale.

After graduating, managerial economics bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $53,536 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Grand Valley State University

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Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI

10 Annual Graduates

Saginaw Valley State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics. Saginaw Valley State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of University Center.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Saginaw Valley State University

Best Business/Managerial Economics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Business/Managerial Economics Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	252	258
Illinois	241	200
Indiana	235	0
Wisconsin	213	54

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Rankings in Majors Related to Managerial Economics

Business/Managerial Economics is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Managerial Economics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Economics	81

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,928
Marketing	1,699
Finance & Financial Management	1,638
Accounting	1,365
Human Resource Management	736
General Business/Commerce	295
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	274
Hospitality Management	272
Management Information Systems	243
Construction Management	135

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.