If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #78 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of business/managerial economics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 81 bachelor's degrees in business/managerial economics during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business/managerial economics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other business/managerial economics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for business/managerial economics to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business/managerial economics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business/managerial economics students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Business/Managerial Economics Schools
The managerial economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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Grand Valley State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics. GVSU is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Allendale.
After graduation, managerial economics bachelor's recipients generally earn an average of $53,536 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
by our College Data Analytics Team
