General Business/Commerce at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year. Of the 91 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2021, 91 of them were general business/commerce majors.

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

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at The Graduate Center compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

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
	2
	7
	8
	10
	14
	24
	27
	76
	106
	173

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.

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

The general business program at The Graduate Center awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 31% of these degrees went to men with the other 69% going to women.

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

Of the 22 students who earned a master's degree in General Business/Commerce from The Graduate Center in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were 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.

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.