General Business/Commerce at Ball State University

If you plan to study general business/commerce, take a look at what Ball State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business/Commerce section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business
• Master’s Degree in General Business

Ball State General Business/Commerce Rankings

The general business major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business/Commerce. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

General Business Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Ball State University.

Ball State General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of general business bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Ball State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	125
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Ball State General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of general business master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from Ball State, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	99
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within General Business/Commerce

General Business/Commerce majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ball State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	289

Related Majors

• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Real Estate
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Hospitality Management

Careers That General Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in general business can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Management Analysts	10,030	$83,000
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Sales Managers	5,000	$129,020

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.