Business/Managerial Economics at Western Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a managerial economics school? To help you decide if Western Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's managerial economics program.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU Business/Managerial Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Managerial Economics

WIU Business/Managerial Economics Rankings

The managerial economics major at WIU 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.

Managerial Economics Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of managerial economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical managerial economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in managerial economics at WIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its managerial economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Business/Managerial Economics

Business/Managerial Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Economics	6

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Construction Management
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Survey Researchers	1,590	$57,560
Economics Professors	520	$128,340
Economists	380	$108,690

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.