Business Economics at Brigham Young University - Provo

If you plan to study business economics, take a look at what Brigham Young University - Provo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 34,499 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2019, 42 of them were business economics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Economics section at the bottom of this page.

BYU Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

BYU Business Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business economics programs across the country. The following shows how BYU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business economics major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Business Economics Schools	18
Most Popular Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Business Economics Schools	44
Most Focused Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110

Business Economics Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business economics majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business economics from BYU in 2019, 79% were men and 21% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

BYU also has a doctoral program available in business economics. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Business Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in business economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Survey Researchers	260	$53,020
Economics Professors	160	$117,380
Economists	90	$88,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.