General Business/Commerce at Buena Vista University

Every general business/commerce school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general business program at Buena Vista University stacks up to those at other schools.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from BVU.

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.

BVU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

BVU General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how BVU performed in these rankings.

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 BVU 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
	156
	173
	186
	210
	231
	244
	300
	411
	466
	495

General Business Student Demographics at BVU

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

BVU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business/Commerce from BVU in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at BVU 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 Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 Buena Vista University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	16

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• 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 IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Management Analysts	5,110	$79,380
Industrial Production Managers	3,490	$98,040
Sales Managers	3,200	$117,170
Managers	2,880	$101,360

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 Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.