Business/Managerial Economics at West Virginia University

If you are interested in studying business/managerial economics, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year. Of the 710 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 31 of them were business/managerial economics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business/Managerial Economics section at the bottom of this page.

WVU Business/Managerial Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Managerial Economics
• Master’s Degree in Managerial Economics

WVU Business/Managerial Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks managerial economics programs across the country. The following shows how WVU 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 managerial economics major at WVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business/Managerial 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
	41
	89
	89
	96

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in managerial economics from WVU. This makes it the #7 most popular school for managerial economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in managerial economics, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of WVU Managerial Economics Graduates

The median salary of managerial economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $37,890. This is less than $45,936, which is the national average of all managerial economics majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Managerial Economics Student Demographics at WVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the managerial economics majors at West Virginia University.

WVU Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of managerial economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in managerial economics at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in managerial economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WVU Business/Managerial Economics Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Business/Managerial Economics from WVU in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

Of the students who received a managerial economics master's degree from WVU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia University with a master's in managerial economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU also has a doctoral program available in managerial economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business/Managerial Economics

If you plan to be a managerial economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Economics	36

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems

Careers That Managerial Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in managerial 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Economics Professors	60	$90,800
Economists	50	$68,430

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.