Business Economics at University of California - Santa Cruz

What traits are you looking for in a business economics school? To help you decide if University of California - Santa Cruz is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business economics program.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and has a total student population of 19,700. In 2019, 339 business economics majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Santa Cruz.

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.

UC Santa Cruz Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

UC Santa Cruz Business Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business economics progam at UC Santa Cruz compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business economics major at UC Santa Cruz 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	2
Most Popular Business Economics Schools	2
Most Focused Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Business Economics Schools	8
Best Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Best Business Economics Schools	50

Business Economics Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 339 business economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Santa Cruz. Of these graduates, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	121
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	75
White	65
International Students	55
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UC Santa Cruz 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 - Santa Cruz.

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 Satyriconi under License

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