Business Economics at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 21,923 students attend the school each year. Of the 487 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2019, 14 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.

UAB Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAB offers distance education options for business economics at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UAB Business Economics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business economics major at UAB 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 Popular Online Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Online Business Economics Schools	3
Best Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best Business Economics Schools	52
Most Popular Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
Most Popular Business Economics Schools	99
Most Focused Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Focused Business Economics Schools	172

Business Economics Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Economics from UAB in 2018-2019, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAB 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Economics Professors	130	$114,020
Economists	50	$103,740

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.