International Business

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
8,014
declining 11.9%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,716
growing 0%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$36,791
growing 2.91%

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In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of International Business degree recipients are Castine, ME, Buzzards Bay, MA, and Carlisle, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying International Business is a bachelors degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in International Business and the types of students that study this field. Florida International University awards the most degrees in International Business in the US, but Maine Maritime Academy and Hult International Business School have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in International Business.

Tuition costs for International Business majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $36,791 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers International Business programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (312 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (4,459 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in International Business (2022)
  1. 570 degrees awarded
  2. 339 degrees awarded
  3. 230 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in International Business, is Public, 4-year or above (4,459 completions in 2022).

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,716
Median In-State Public
$36,791
Median Out of State Private

Florida International University has the most International Business degree recipients, with 570 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer International Business programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Maine Maritime Academy has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in International Business, with 18.6%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in International Business
  1. 669 degrees awarded
  2. 432 degrees awarded
  3. 339 degrees awarded

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 600%
  2. 500%
  3. 233%

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Business in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Business degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Business (3,148 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in International Business are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (52.6%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    3,148 degrees awarded
  2. Non-resident Alien
    1,653 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    1,637 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in International Business for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  2. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  3. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in International Business.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course International Business is from the 2 Digit Course Business.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    177,507 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    149,786 degree recipients
  3. Philippines
    140,210 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Mongolia
    2.8 times more than expected
  2. Norway
    2.59 times more than expected
  3. Zimbabwe
    2.49 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Mongolia that hold Business degrees (2.8 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (177,507 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the International Business field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. International Business majors need many skills, but most especially Judgment and Decision Making. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that International Business majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Management of Personnel Resources.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for International Business majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, and Management of Personnel Resources are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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