General Business/Commerce at Gavilan College

If you are interested in studying general business/commerce, you may want to check out the program at Gavilan College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Gavilan College is located in Gilroy, California and approximately 4,494 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.

Gavilan College General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in General Business (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in General Business

Gavilan College General Business/Commerce Rankings

General Business Student Demographics at Gavilan College

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

Gavilan College General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

59% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

Gavilan College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within General Business/Commerce

If you plan to be a general business major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Gavilan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	5

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 CA, the home state for Gavilan College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Administrative Services Managers	38,120	$116,820

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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