Business Economics at Central Washington University

If you plan to study business economics, take a look at what Central Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 business economics majors received their bachelor's degree from CWU.

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.

CWU Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

CWU Business Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business economics programs across the country. The following shows how CWU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business economics major at CWU 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
	38
	78
	79
	84
	134

Business Economics Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 business economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CWU, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Central Washington University with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CWU also has a doctoral program available in business economics. In 2021, 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Economists	400	$95,010
Economics Professors	260	$89,490
Survey Researchers	130	$66,150

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.