Business Economics at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211. In 2021, 13 business economics majors received their bachelor's degree from NKU.

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.

NKU Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

NKU Business Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business economics progam at NKU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NKU 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
	4
	4
	63
	80
	100
	102
	106
	132

Business Economics Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 business economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NKU, about 85% were men and 15% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NKU 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Economics Professors	190	$85,500
Survey Researchers	40	$57,050

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.