Business, Management & Marketing at West Virginia University

If you plan to study business, management and marketing, take a look at what West Virginia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269. Of the 4,540 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 657 of them were business, management and marketing majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

WVU Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

WVU Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business, management and marketing programs across the country. The following shows how WVU 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 business, management and marketing major at WVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & Marketing. 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
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools	243
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools	1,054

In 2021, 311 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from WVU. This makes it the #179 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #229 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at WVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at West Virginia University.

WVU Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 657 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business, management and marketing from WVU in 2021, 66% were men and 34% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing at WVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	519
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

WVU Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

Of the 311 students who earned a master's degree in Business, Management & Marketing from WVU in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

Of the students who received a business, management and marketing master's degree from WVU, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia University with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	252
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

WVU also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

The following business, management and marketing concentations are available at West Virginia University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at West Virginia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	223
Business Administration & Management	173
Finance & Financial Management	148
Accounting	135
Marketing	124
Management Information Systems	62
Business/Managerial Economics	36
Human Resource Management	29
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	21
Hospitality Management	11
Entrepreneurial Studies	7

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Office Clerks	19,110	$28,950
Customer Service Representatives	11,780	$31,730
General and Operations Managers	11,100	$87,430
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	9,410	$31,980
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	8,830	$46,650

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.