General Business/Commerce at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and approximately 8,677 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.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College does offer online courses in general business for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Business/Commerce 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.

General Business Student Demographics at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in general business at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	82
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Hospitality Management
• Accounting

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Administrative Services Managers	2,780	$80,410
Industrial Production Managers	1,800	$97,780
Management Analysts	1,590	$73,520
Sales Managers	1,350	$108,100

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.