2024 Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Business/Managerial Economics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #78 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 13 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for business/managerial economics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 291 bachelor's degrees in business/managerial economics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business/Managerial Economics School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of business/managerial economics for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business/Managerial Economics in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics.

10 Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Managerial Economics

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

52 Annual Graduates

$88,712 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics needs to check out Washington University in St Louis. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Business/Managerial Economics bachelor's degree recipients from Washington University in St Louis get an earnings boost of approximately $19,313 over the average income of business/managerial economics majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

50 Annual Graduates

$50,087 Median Starting Salary

$20,000 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics has to take a look at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the managerial economics program report average early career wages of $50,087.

More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

3

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

32 Annual Graduates

$24,000 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics needs to check out Saint Louis University. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Saint Louis University

4

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

14 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Iowa State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Iowa State University

5

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

55 Annual Graduates

$23,573 Median Student Debt

Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from South Dakota State University

6

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

23 Annual Graduates

$23,448 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Wichita State University

7

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, MN

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Saint Cloud State University

8

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

15 Annual Graduates

UND is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Grand Forks.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from University of North Dakota

9

Ottawa University - Ottawa
Ottawa, KS

1 Annual Graduates

Ottawa is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Ottawa.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from Ottawa University - Ottawa

10

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

12 Annual Graduates

UNOMAHA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Omaha.More information about a bachelor’s in business/managerial economics from University of Nebraska at Omaha

Best Business/Managerial Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best business/managerial economics colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	92
Minnesota	215	11
Iowa	197	22
Kansas	184	34
Nebraska	180	62
North Dakota	149	15
South Dakota	148	55

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Rankings in Majors Related to Managerial Economics

Business/Managerial Economics is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Managerial Economics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Economics	291

Most Popular Majors Related to Managerial Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	12,024
Finance & Financial Management	4,174
Accounting	4,140
Marketing	3,649
General Business/Commerce	3,157
Human Resource Management	1,463
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	731
Hospitality Management	511
Management Information Systems	467
International Business	371

Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.