Business Economics at University of Alabama at Birmingham

What traits are you looking for in a business economics school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business economics program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in business economics from UAB.

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.

UAB Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

UAB Business Economics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business economics major at UAB 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
	55
	68
	85
	104
	152
	156

Business Economics Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in business economics from UAB. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UAB 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Economics Professors	130	$114,020
Economists	50	$103,740

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.