Business Economics at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,408. Of the 918 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2019, 50 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.

GaSou Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

GaSou Business Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business economics programs across the country. The following shows how GaSou 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 GaSou 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
Most Focused Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Best Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65

Business Economics Student Demographics at GaSou

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business economics majors at Georgia Southern University.

GaSou Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

The business economics program at GaSou awarded 50 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at GaSou since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	29
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GaSou 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Economists	330	$111,570
Economics Professors	180	$101,590

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.