General Business/Commerce at Westfield State University

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

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,395. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 150 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from Westfield.

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.

Westfield General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Westfield General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how Westfield 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 general business major at Westfield 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
Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Business & Commerce Schools	113
	197
Best Value Business & Commerce Schools	327
Best Business & Commerce Schools	413

How Much Do General Business Graduates from Westfield Make?

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Westfield is $40,669. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,524 for all general business students.

General Business Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 150 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general business from Westfield in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Westfield 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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	113
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Related Majors

• 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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Sales Managers	16,600	$151,010
Administrative Services Managers	12,770	$111,340
Managers	8,660	$131,450

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.