Business Economics at University of California - Irvine

Every business economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business economics program at University of California - Irvine stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. Of the 1,606 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Irvine in 2021, 706 of them were business economics majors.

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.

UC Irvine Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

UC Irvine Business Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business economics progam at UC Irvine 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 UC Irvine 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
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	1
	10
	10
	19
	22
	114
	114
	118
	119

Business Economics Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 706 business economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Irvine since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 California - Irvine with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	223
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	89
White	36
International Students	321
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

UC Irvine 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.