General Business/Commerce at Emerson College

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

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 5,115 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 40 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from Emerson.

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.

Emerson General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Emerson General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how Emerson performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at Emerson 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
	142
Most Focused Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	188
Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	275
Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools	306
Most Focused Business & Commerce Schools	417
Best Value Business & Commerce Schools	518

General Business Student Demographics at Emerson

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

Emerson General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

The general business program at Emerson awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Emerson also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Business/Corporate Communications
• Marketing

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 MA, the home state for Emerson College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Sales Managers	16,600	$151,010
Administrative Services Managers	12,770	$111,340
Managers	8,660	$131,450

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 McDonald & Gill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.