by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in business economics, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of business economics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Economics | 3 | 368 |
| Economics, General | 3 | 21,627 |
| Agricultural Economics | 2 | 1,768 |
| Applied Statistics, General | 2 | 572 |
| Development Economics and International Development | 2 | 375 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 2 | 22,727 |
| Economics and Computer Science | 2 | 128 |
| Economics and Foreign Language/Literature | 2 | — |
| Economics, Other | 2 | 250 |
| Environmental/Natural Resource Economics | 2 | 184 |
As a more focused area within Business/Managerial Economics, business economics connects to the wider programs in that field.
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