General Business/Commerce at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

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.

MIT General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

MIT General Business/Commerce Rankings

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There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Business Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students earned a master's degree in general business from MIT. About 49% of these graduates were women and the other 51% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Sales Managers	16,600	$151,010
Administrative Services Managers	12,770	$111,340
Managers	8,660	$131,450

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.