Business Economics at Westmont College

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

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 business economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Westmont.

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.

Westmont Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

Westmont Business Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business economics progam at Westmont 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 Westmont 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
	2
	2
	18
	20
	40
	44
	109
	112
	164
	170

Business Economics Student Demographics at Westmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business economics majors at Westmont College.

Westmont Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 business economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Westmont. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Westmont since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at Westmont 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 Westmont College with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Westmont 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 Westmont College.

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.