General Business/Commerce at Lamar University

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

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and approximately 16,637 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lamar University in 2021, 79 of them were general business/commerce majors.

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.

Lamar University General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Lamar University General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how Lamar University 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 Lamar University 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 Value Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
Best Value Business & Commerce Schools	400
Most Focused Business & Commerce Schools	544

How Much Do General Business Graduates from Lamar University Make?

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lamar University is $34,919. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,524 for all general business students.

General Business Student Demographics at Lamar University

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

Lamar University General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 general business majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lamar University. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general business bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies

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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Management Analysts	35,350	$97,080
Construction Managers	29,620	$98,420
Sales Managers	26,420	$148,000
Administrative Services Managers	25,760	$103,880

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.