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Business Economics at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying business economics, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 34,683 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,698 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 2019, 29 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.

Virginia Tech Business Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

Virginia Tech Business Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business economics programs across the country. The following shows how Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech 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 10
Best Business Economics Schools 14
Most Popular Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 54
Most Popular Business Economics Schools 61

Business Economics Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business economics majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 29 business economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Virginia Tech, about 69% were men and 31% were women.

Virginia Tech Gender Breakdown of Business Economics Bachelor's Degree Grads

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in business economics.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Business Economics Majors at Virginia Tech
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Virginia Tech 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Economists 1,230 $126,080
Economics Professors 440 $101,290
Survey Researchers 330 $59,410

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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