Business Economics at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in business economics from Iowa State.

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.

Iowa State Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

Iowa State Business Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business economics programs across the country. The following shows how Iowa State 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 Iowa State 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
	22
	27
	89
	96
	185

Business Economics Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of business economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Iowa State 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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Economics Professors	150	$133,600
Economists	60	$87,530

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.