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Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics, by Earnings

199 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Business/Managerial Economics, about 4,673 degrees a year. Across the 76 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $80,212 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$162,355	47	12.1%
2	Villanova University	PA	$123,614	21	27%
3	Brigham Young University	UT	$117,015	54	67.8%
4	University of Miami	FL	$116,367	51	18.9%
5	Union College	NY	$114,064	13	43.9%
6	Lehigh University	PA	$113,630	47	25.9%
7	Bentley University	MA	$108,886	30	45.1%
8	Seattle University	WA	$102,249	15	76.9%
9	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$101,674	56	75.4%
10	University of Arkansas	AR	$97,743	34	74.3%
11	Ohio State University	OH	$96,843	104	60.6%
12	University of South Carolina	SC	$94,547	64	60.2%
13	DePaul University	IL	$93,563	22	75.9%
14	Iowa State University	IA	$93,379	15	88.7%
15	Seton Hall University	NJ	$92,079	40	73.3%
16	Salisbury University	MD	$91,642	4	87.5%
17	University of Arizona	AZ	$90,045	54	86.1%
18	Hampden-Sydney College	VA	$87,835	33	40.9%
19	Georgia College & State University	GA	$86,894	18	78.2%
20	The University of Alabama	AL	$86,114	6	76.6%
21	Chapman University	CA	$84,978	58	65.4%
22	Westmont College	CA	$84,815	60	77.1%
23	Baylor University	TX	$84,808	67	51.3%
24	Georgia State University	GA	$84,681	63	55.4%
25	University of Georgia	GA	$84,675	178	37.7%
26	Capital University	OH	$84,669	7	70.2%
27	Beloit College	WI	$84,668	12	63%
28	University of Dayton	OH	$84,595	33	65.5%
29	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$84,280	67	47.5%
30	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$83,175	9	87.5%
31	North Carolina State University	NC	$82,096	108	41.7%
32	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$82,064	280	65.8%
33	Marquette University	WI	$81,897	23	81.3%
34	Louisiana State University	LA	$81,799	27	73.3%
35	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$80,711	34	79.9%
36	Saint Louis University	MO	$80,588	42	75%
37	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$80,415	40	41.6%
38	Wheaton College	IL	$80,258	74	87.4%
39	Xavier University	OH	$80,165	16	86.4%
40	Wofford College	SC	$78,906	31	51.9%
41	University of North Texas	TX	$78,740	15	72.2%
42	University of Idaho	ID	$78,254	28	75.5%
43	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$78,094	34	81.6%
44	University of California-Irvine	CA	$77,807	576	28.6%
45	Belmont University	TN	$76,276	23	95.3%
46	University of Louisville	KY	$75,845	21	79.4%
47	Texas State University	TX	$74,435	31	89.3%
48	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$74,248	1	97.5%
49	University of Kentucky	KY	$74,202	76	92.9%
50	University of Central Florida	FL	$74,103	64	40.1%
51	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$73,980	33	46.3%
52	Grand Valley State University	MI	$73,241	54	83%
53	Wichita State University	KS	$73,166	15	94%
54	Kennesaw State University	GA	$71,736	34	69.2%
55	Old Dominion University	VA	$71,406	7	90.4%
56	SUNY Oneonta	NY	$70,986	149	69.6%
57	Marshall University	WV	$70,073	5	95.7%
58	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$69,153	26	75%
59	West Virginia University	WV	$68,161	32	89%
60	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$67,547	51	86.8%
61	Sam Houston State University	TX	$67,464	5	90.3%
62	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$67,182	30	79.6%
63	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	$66,644	89	59.8%
64	Tennessee Technological University	TN	$65,900	1	76.1%
65	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$65,737	20
66	Colorado State University Pueblo	CO	$65,720	10	94.9%
67	University of North Florida	FL	$64,541	16	53.2%
68	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$64,164	30	92.6%
69	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$63,605	29	89.6%
70	Coastal Carolina University	SC	$61,910	8	75.3%
71	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$60,309	11	88.5%
72	Utica University	NY	$60,150	18	92%
73	Greensboro College	NC	$59,215	17	70.1%
74	Georgia Southern University	GA	$57,606	20	87.9%
75	University of Memphis	TN	$57,162	14	72%
76	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	PR	$38,400	4

123 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Business/Managerial Economics graduates?

Washington University in St Louis ($162,355), Villanova University ($123,614), Brigham Young University ($117,015), University of Miami ($116,367), Union College ($114,064) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Business/Managerial Economics majors make?

The median across 76 colleges is $80,212 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $38,400 to $162,355.

Which colleges have the biggest Business/Managerial Economics programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of California-Irvine (576), University of California-Santa Cruz (280), University of Georgia (178), SUNY Oneonta (149), North Carolina State University (108).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Business/Managerial Economics". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.