General Business/Commerce at Seattle Pacific University

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

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 3,601. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from SPU.

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.

SPU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

SPU General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at SPU 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
	26
	103
Most Popular Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	105
Most Focused Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
	191
Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools	203
Most Focused Business & Commerce Schools	258

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in general business from SPU. This makes it the #105 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do General Business Graduates from SPU Make?

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at SPU is $44,574. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 general business majors earned their bachelor's degree from SPU. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SPU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in general business from SPU in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the general business master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Business Administration & Management
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• 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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Management Analysts	21,930	$104,290
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Construction Managers	8,560	$100,180
Sales Managers	7,340	$140,700

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.