Business/Managerial Economics

4,805 students earn a business/managerial economics credential each year across 216 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $53,319
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $79,847

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 212 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of California-IrvineIrvine, California576$44,2771 year out$74,617$15,000 2University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California280$52,0291 year out$89,932$16,500 3University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia178$53,0941 year out$90,785$22,419 4SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York149$41,8591 year out$79,847$20,775 5North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina108$60,3691 year out$80,674$23,250 6Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio104$61,9791 year out$82,890$19,500 7West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania92—1 year out$79,591—8State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York89$40,5171 year out$75,120$26,000 9South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota87$45,1231 year out—$23,573 10University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky76$51,0811 year out$77,597$20,500 11Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois74$55,3001 year out$83,645$24,000 12CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York67$57,9091 year out$75,760$12,000 13Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas67$60,5751 year out$93,359$22,500 14University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida64$47,6481 year out$77,643$23,105 15University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina64$62,6921 year out$101,307$25,000 16Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia63$49,3681 year out$74,505$19,500 17Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California60$54,4571 year out$88,820$25,000 18Chapman UniversityOrange, California58$54,0641 year out$89,309$22,977 19Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio56$60,5961 year out$100,648$24,000 20University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona54$56,1141 year out$103,583$21,375 21Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan54$53,5361 year out$74,748$25,000 22Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah54$75,2271 year out$135,399—23University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida51$63,6621 year out$96,441$15,625 24University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma51$55,4601 year out—$17,800 25The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas51$44,4241 year out$71,403$18,246 26Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri47$106,7011 year out——27Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania47$81,7961 year out$110,208$23,240 28Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri42$49,3141 year out$66,543$24,000 29Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey40$66,8771 year out—$21,522 30The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee40$44,0251 year out$76,592$23,847 31University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas34$54,4711 year out$71,694$19,500 32Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois34$61,3331 year out$100,568$21,574 33The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas34$53,9841 year out—$16,063 34Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia34$51,9321 year out$74,345$22,250 35Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama33—1 year out——36California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California33$38,9671 year out$66,980$18,329 37Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina33—1 year out——38University of DaytonDayton, Ohio33$55,8711 year out$97,394$24,548 39Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, Virginia33$52,0871 year out$85,615$26,970 40West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia32—1 year out$80,002$23,742 41Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina31$48,0551 year out$68,566—42Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas31$49,8311 year out$71,595$23,125 43Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts30$68,6271 year out$95,081$27,000 44University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina30$43,8261 year out$66,922$23,250 45Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia30$45,3701 year out$81,935$21,500 46Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona29$47,3791 year out$59,028$23,021 47University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho28$44,6551 year out$75,882$26,000 48The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas28—1 year out$57,581—49Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana27$42,4911 year out—$22,374 50Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma26$40,4131 year out—$21,250 51Allegheny CollegeMeadville, Pennsylvania24—1 year out——52University of South Carolina-UpstateSpartanburg, South Carolina23—1 year out——53Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee23$43,4221 year out——54Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin23$53,3451 year out$98,943$24,500 55DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois22$53,6821 year out$97,938$21,666 56University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky21$48,0501 year out$85,507$17,250 57Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania21$82,2121 year out$149,830$27,000 58Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia20$39,2331 year out$88,401$29,580 59The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona20$66,3601 year out$86,666$36,551 60University of MaineOrono, Maine20—1 year out——61University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama18—1 year out——62Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia18$49,1871 year out$96,599—63Utica UniversityUtica, New York18$22,8411 year out——64Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts17—1 year out——65Greensboro CollegeGreensboro, North Carolina17$42,8161 year out—$27,000 66University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida16$42,3571 year out—$17,750 67The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio16—1 year out——68Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio16—1 year out——69Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——70James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia16—1 year out——71University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan, Puerto Rico16—1 year out——72Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa15—1 year out——73Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas15—1 year out—$23,448 74University of North TexasDenton, Texas15$54,0581 year out$95,473$14,125 75Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington15—1 year out$108,064—76Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama14—1 year out——77Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky14—1 year out——78University of MemphisMemphis, Tennessee14$37,5341 year out$54,066$26,000 79Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas14—1 year out——80Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California13—1 year out——81Union CollegeSchenectady, New York13—1 year out——82West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas13—1 year out——83University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming13—1 year out$70,936—84Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas12—1 year out——85Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston, Louisiana12—1 year out——86University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmington, Maine12$48,2631 year out—$22,591 87University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi12—1 year out——88Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee12—1 year out——89Beloit CollegeBeloit, Wisconsin12$54,1111 year out—$27,000 90Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria, Florida12—1 year out——91Patrick Henry CollegePurcellville, Virginia12—1 year out——92University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama11—1 year out——93CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York11—1 year out——94University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina11$43,7901 year out—$20,930 95East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee11—1 year out——96Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas11—1 year out——97Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado10$48,3891 year out$61,762$23,786 98Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia10—1 year out——99Valdosta State UniversityValdosta, Georgia10—1 year out——100Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan10—1 year out——

Associate programs — 2 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah58$58,0721 year out—$13,500 2College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada7—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois54—1 year out——2Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona22$51,3291 year out—$21,367 3Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri10—1 year out——4University of Arkansas-Fort SmithFort Smith, Arkansas2—1 year out——5University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).