International Business/Trade/Commerce at Western Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying international business/trade/commerce, you may want to check out the program at Western Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 14 of them were international business/trade/commerce majors.

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

WKU International Business/Trade/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Business

WKU International Business/Trade/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the international business progam at WKU 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 international business major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Business/Trade/Commerce. 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
	144
	281
	281

International Business Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU International Business/Trade/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in international business from WKU in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in international business at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in international business.

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

WKU also has a doctoral program available in international business. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That International Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in international business 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 Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Chief Executives	3,300	$152,670
Business Professors	630	$85,970

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.