Business Economics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 business economics majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUE.

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.

SIUE Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

SIUE Business Economics Rankings

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

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 SIUE 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
	5
	78
	83
	84
	86
	89
	90
	96
	103

Business Economics Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in business economics from SIUE. About 19% of these graduates were women and the other 81% were men.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at SIUE 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUE 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Survey Researchers	1,590	$57,560
Economics Professors	520	$128,340
Economists	380	$108,690

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.