Business Economics at Lehigh University

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

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 7,067. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in business economics from Lehigh.

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.

Lehigh Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

Lehigh Business Economics Rankings

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

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 Lehigh 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
	5
	15
	16
	16
	22
	85
	91

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in business economics from Lehigh. This is the #16 most popular school for business economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business Economics Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Economics from Lehigh in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	42
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Lehigh 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 PA, the home state for Lehigh University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Economics Professors	710	$131,060
Economists	610	$87,630
Survey Researchers	510	$60,810

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 IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.