General Business/Commerce at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,300. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from The Graduate Center.

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.

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how The Graduate Center 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 The Graduate Center 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
	3
	6
	7
	13
	14
	24
	27
	34
	40
	65
	106
	173
	323

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in general business from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #76 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of The Graduate Center General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at The Graduate Center is $60,843. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 43% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students earned a bachelor's degree in general business from The Graduate Center. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of general business master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The Graduate Center, CUNY with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within General Business/Commerce

If you plan to be a general business major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The Graduate Center, CUNY. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	124

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Business Administration & Management

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 NY, the home state for The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Sales Managers	23,120	$198,390
Administrative Services Managers	18,350	$137,480
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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 Alex Irklievski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.