Business Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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.

VCU Business Economics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

VCU Business Economics Rankings

The business economics major at VCU 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.

Business Economics Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

43% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of business economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business economics at VCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Economists	1,230	$126,080
Economics Professors	440	$101,290
Survey Researchers	330	$59,410

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
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