General Business/Commerce at New York University

If you are interested in studying general business/commerce, you may want to check out the program at New York University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 402 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from NYU.

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.

NYU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NYU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

NYU does offer online education options in general business for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NYU General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at NYU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at NYU 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 Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Schools	131
Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	181

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in general business from NYU. This makes it the #88 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NYU General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at NYU is $77,787. This is 83% higher than $42,524, which is the national average for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

NYU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NYU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 402 general business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NYU, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	120
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	78
White	65
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

NYU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 13 general business students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NYU, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from NYU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Sales Managers	23,120	$198,390
Administrative Services Managers	18,350	$137,480
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.