Business Economics is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #130 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 99 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of business economics. Combined, these schools handed out 5,151 degrees in business economics to qualified students.
Your choice of business economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for business economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business Economics Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Business Economics in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the business economics degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Washington University in St Louis is a great decision for students interested in a degree in business economics. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 88 business economics students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in business economics needs to take a look at Lehigh University. Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were approximately 56 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in business economics has to take a look at Villanova University. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in business economics. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 108 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 182 business economics students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Bentley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waltham. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bentley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Bentley in the most recent year we have data available.
Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. This university ranks 6th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 65 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Santa Cruz. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.
There were approximately 287 business economics students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.
UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were approximately 648 business economics students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
UofSC is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 72 business economics students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 45 business economics students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford. This university ranks 5th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 55 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Coral Gables. This university ranks 6th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 53 business economics students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 business economics students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 33 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 70 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Wheaton. This college ranks 13th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 81 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent data year.
Chapman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Orange. This university ranks 24th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 46 business economics students who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent year we have data available.
BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 45 business economics students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business Economics Schools award.
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).
Your choice of business economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for business economics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
