General Business/Commerce at Howard Community College

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

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 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.

HCC General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in General Business

HCC General Business/Commerce Rankings

General Business Student Demographics at HCC

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

HCC General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

50% Women

56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within General Business/Commerce

General Business/Commerce majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	78

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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
General and Operations Managers	48,180	$137,700
Management Analysts	18,580	$98,260
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Construction Managers	6,810	$106,050
Sales Managers	6,170	$147,530

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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