Business Economics at University of California - Riverside

Every business economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business economics program at University of California - Riverside stacks up to those at other schools.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 23,922 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 111 students received a bachelor's degree in business economics from UCR.

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.

UCR Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

UCR Business Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business economics programs across the country. The following shows how UCR 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 UCR 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 Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Business Economics Schools	9
Most Focused Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Most Focused Business Economics Schools	27
Best Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Best Business Economics Schools	151

Business Economics Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 111 business economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCR. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 California - Riverside with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	7
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCR 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Riverside.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.