Business Economics at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 22,562 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,022 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2019, 3 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.

WMU Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

WMU Business Economics Rankings

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

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 WMU 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	62
Best Business Economics Schools	69
Most Popular Business Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169
Most Popular Business Economics Schools	176
Most Focused Business Economics Schools	211

Business Economics Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 business economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from WMU, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Economics Professors	300	$111,530
Economists	250	$90,040
Survey Researchers	240	$64,400

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.