General Business/Commerce at West Virginia University

What traits are you looking for in a general business school? To help you decide if West Virginia University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general business program.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

WVU General Business/Commerce Rankings

The general business major at WVU 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.

General Business Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of general business bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business 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 general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	111
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

WVU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of general business master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from WVU, 79% 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 general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	82
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within General Business/Commerce

General Business/Commerce majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	223

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
General and Operations Managers	11,100	$87,430
Management Analysts	1,930	$75,980
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Administrative Services Managers	1,380	$81,030
Chief Executives	1,000	$153,880

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.