General Business/Commerce at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360.

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.

Georgia State General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Georgia State General Business/Commerce Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Business Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 165 general business students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia State, about 63% were men and 37% were women.

In the general business master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	70
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Taxation
• International Business
• General Sales & Marketing
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Management Analysts	21,380	$93,530
Sales Managers	14,890	$140,820
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Administrative Services Managers	8,490	$116,170

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.