General Business/Commerce at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from GVSU.

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.

GVSU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

GVSU General Business/Commerce Rankings

The general business major at GVSU 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.

In 2021, 95 students received their master’s degree in general business from GVSU. This makes it the #30 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GVSU General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $40,591. This is less than $42,524, which is the national average of all general business majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

General Business Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 general business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GVSU, about 52% were men and 48% were women.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GVSU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 95 general business students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from GVSU, about 61% were men and 39% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from GVSU, 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 Grand Valley State University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	73
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Management Analysts	14,770	$92,130
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Sales Managers	8,640	$142,340
Administrative Services Managers	7,890	$95,810

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.