General Business/Commerce at Drexel University

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

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 23,589 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.

Drexel General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Drexel General Business/Commerce Rankings

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In 2021, 175 students received their master’s degree in general business from Drexel. This makes it the #11 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do General Business Graduates from Drexel Make?

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Drexel is $54,398. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at Drexel

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

Drexel General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 175 students who earned a master's degree in General Business/Commerce from Drexel in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from Drexel, 63% 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 Drexel University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	111
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Drexel also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 29 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Real Estate
• Hospitality Management
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business

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 PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Management Analysts	27,970	$90,670
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Construction Managers	11,050	$106,270
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.