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Best Schools for Business Economics in 2026

81 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Business Economics, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Business Economics graduate earns $53,331/yr across 81 schools.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$53,331/yr

Avg DW Score

64/100

AI Risk

Very High

57% task exposure

All Business Economics Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Business Economics Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	79 72–81	$75,227/yr	Very High	51.1x
2	Business Economics University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	77 70–80	$83,604/yr	Very High	20.5x
3	Business Economics Ohio University-Eastern Campus · Saint Clairsville, OH	75 69–77	$60,236/yr	Very High	23.4x
4	Business Economics Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus · Chillicothe, OH	75 69–77	$60,236/yr	Very High	23.4x
5	Business Economics Ohio University-Southern Campus · Ironton, OH	75 69–77	$60,236/yr	Very High	23.4x
6	Business Economics Ohio University-Lancaster Campus · Lancaster, OH	75 69–77	$60,236/yr	Very High	23.4x
7	Business Economics Ohio University-Zanesville Campus · Zanesville, OH	75 69–77	$60,236/yr	Very High	23.4x
8	Business Economics CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · New York, NY	74 68–76	$57,909/yr	Very High	24.4x
9	Business Economics North Carolina State University at Raleigh · Raleigh, NC	74 67–76	$60,369/yr	Very High	21.7x
10	Business Economics University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC	72 64–76	$62,692/yr	Very High	19.0x
11	Business Economics Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA	73 67–76	$51,932/yr	Very High	31.1x
12	Business Economics The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL	71 62–75	$55,550/yr	Very High	20.7x
13	Business Economics University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ	69 60–75	$56,114/yr	Very High	18.0x
14	Business Economics University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL	71 64–74	$47,648/yr	Very High	29.5x
15	Business Economics Georgia College & State University · Milledgeville, GA	71 62–75	$49,187/yr	Very High	25.8x
16	Business Economics University of Georgia · Athens, GA	70 61–74	$53,094/yr	Very High	19.3x
17	Business Economics Ashford University · San Diego, CA	71 65–73	$66,360/yr	Very High	15.5x
18	Business Economics University of North Texas · Denton, TX	70 62–75	$54,058/yr	Very High	20.4x
19	Business Economics University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR	70 64–72	$54,471/yr	Very High	17.4x
20	Business Economics Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA	70 63–73	$49,368/yr	Very High	21.0x
21	Business Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE	70 64–72	$55,404/yr	Very High	16.4x
22	Business Economics Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	70 64–72	$61,979/yr	Very High	15.1x
23	Business Economics University of Idaho · Moscow, ID	67 59–71	$44,655/yr	Very High	20.5x
24	Business Economics Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville · Edwardsville, IL	67 59–71	$53,219/yr	Very High	14.9x
25	Business Economics Ball State University · Muncie, IN	68 62–71	$53,319/yr	Very High	15.4x
26	Business Economics University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC	68 61–71	$43,826/yr	Very High	22.2x
27	Business Economics Miami University-Oxford · Oxford, OH	66 58–71	$60,596/yr	Very High	13.1x
28	Business Economics Arkansas Tech University · Russellville, AR	67 59–71	$44,146/yr	Very High	20.2x
29	Business Economics University of California-Davis · Davis, CA	66 58–71	$54,546/yr	Very High	14.0x
30	Business Economics University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA	65 57–71	$52,029/yr	Very High	14.4x
31	Business Economics Colorado State University Pueblo · Pueblo, CO	67 61–69	$48,389/yr	Very High	15.4x
32	Business Economics Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, GA	67 59–70	$39,233/yr	Very High	36.4x
33	Business Economics University of Louisville · Louisville, KY	65 56–70	$48,050/yr	Very High	15.7x
34	Business Economics SUNY Oneonta · Oneonta, NY	65 56–70	$41,859/yr	Very High	21.7x
35	Business Economics University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus · Norman, OK	70 65–71	$55,460/yr	Very High	13.5x
36	Business Economics Texas State University · San Marcos, TX	66 59–69	$49,831/yr	Very High	14.6x
37	Business Economics The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX	66 58–70	$44,424/yr	Very High	18.9x
38	Business Economics University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY	65 58–69	$51,081/yr	Very High	13.7x
39	Business Economics California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA	64 57–68	$38,967/yr	Very High	22.9x
40	Business Economics Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI	64 58–67	$53,536/yr	Very High	11.8x
41	Business Economics State University of New York at Cortland · Cortland, NY	64 55–69	$40,517/yr	Very High	20.3x
42	Business Economics University of North Florida · Jacksonville, FL	66 61–67	$42,357/yr	Very High	15.6x
43	Business Economics Kent State University at Kent · Kent, OH	64 58–66	$51,622/yr	Very High	11.8x
44	Business Economics Ohio University-Main Campus · Athens, OH	67 62–67	$60,236/yr	Very High	10.0x
45	Business Economics Boise State University · Boise, ID	66 61–66	$46,511/yr	Very High	12.2x
46	Business Economics University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Greensboro, NC	66 60–66	$43,790/yr	Very High	13.4x
47	Business Economics The University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX	66 61–67	$53,984/yr	Very High	10.5x
48	Business Economics Villanova University · Villanova, PA	61 54–65	$82,212/yr	Very High	4.8x
49	Business Economics The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · Knoxville, TN	60 52–66	$44,025/yr	Very High	13.2x
50	Business Economics Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ	61 56–63	$47,379/yr	Very High	10.7x
51	Business Economics University of California-Irvine · Irvine, CA	59 51–65	$44,277/yr	Very High	12.1x
52	Business Economics Washington University in St Louis · Saint Louis, MO	62 57–64	$106,701/yr	Very High	3.2x
53	Business Economics Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA	59 51–65	$45,370/yr	Very High	11.4x
54	Business Economics University of Maine at Farmington · Farmington, ME	64 59–64	$48,263/yr	Very High	10.0x
55	Business Economics Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA	61 54–63	$81,796/yr	Very High	3.4x
56	Business Economics South Dakota State University · Brookings, SD	64 59–64	$45,123/yr	Very High	11.1x
57	Business Economics Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus · San Juan, PR	62 56–62	$38,577/yr	Very High	12.9x
58	Business Economics Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL	57 50–60	$61,333/yr	Very High	3.9x
59	Business Economics Bentley University · Waltham, MA	57 51–60	$68,627/yr	Very High	3.1x
60	Business Economics University of Memphis · Memphis, TN	56 50–60	$37,534/yr	Very High	12.1x
61	Business Economics University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL	56 49–59	$63,662/yr	Very High	3.0x
62	Business Economics DePaul University · Chicago, IL	55 48–60	$53,682/yr	Very High	4.5x
63	Business Economics Wheaton College · Wheaton, IL	55 49–59	$55,300/yr	Very High	3.8x
64	Business Economics University of Dayton · Dayton, OH	56 48–60	$55,871/yr	Very High	4.1x
65	Business Economics Baylor University · Waco, TX	56 49–59	$60,575/yr	Very High	3.3x
66	Business Economics Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI	55 47–59	$53,345/yr	Very High	4.1x
67	Business Economics Westmont College · Santa Barbara, CA	54 47–58	$54,457/yr	Very High	3.3x
68	Business Economics Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · Baton Rouge, LA	57 52–58	$42,491/yr	Very High	7.9x
69	Business Economics Seton Hall University · South Orange, NJ	57 51–58	$66,877/yr	Very High	2.3x
70	Business Economics Oklahoma State University-Main Campus · Stillwater, OK	58 53–58	$40,413/yr	Very High	8.9x
71	Business Economics University of California-Riverside · Riverside, CA	53 45–58	$37,496/yr	Very High	10.1x
72	Business Economics University of Massachusetts-Amherst · Amherst, MA	56 51–58	$46,170/yr	Very High	5.7x
73	Business Economics Capital University · Columbus, OH	56 50–57	$59,203/yr	Very High	2.5x
74	Business Economics Hampden-Sydney College · Hampden-Sydney, VA	53 46–57	$52,087/yr	Very High	3.1x
75	Business Economics Chapman University · Orange, CA	52 46–56	$54,064/yr	Very High	2.6x
76	Business Economics Saint Louis University · Saint Louis, MO	51 44–53	$49,314/yr	Very High	2.1x
77	Business Economics Greensboro College · Greensboro, NC	53 47–55	$42,816/yr	Very High	4.2x
78	Business Economics Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC	50 44–53	$48,055/yr	Very High	2.2x
79	Business Economics Beloit College · Beloit, WI	52 46–53	$54,111/yr	Very High	1.3x
80	Business Economics Belmont University · Nashville, TN	48 42–49	$43,422/yr	Very High	1.6x
81	Business Economics Utica University · Utica, NY	34 28–36	$22,841/yr	Very High	1.3x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Business Economics?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Brigham Young University ranks #1 for Business Economics with a score of 79/100 and graduate earnings of $75,227/yr.

How much do Business Economics graduates earn?

Across 81 schools, Business Economics graduates earn an average of $53,331/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $106,701/yr.

Is Business Economics a good major for AI resistance?

Business Economics has an average AI task exposure of 57%, rated "Very High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.