General Business/Commerce at Eckerd College

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

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and approximately 1,822 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from Eckerd.

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.

Eckerd General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Eckerd General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how Eckerd 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 Eckerd 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
	206
	235
	463
	550

General Business Student Demographics at Eckerd

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Eckerd College.

Eckerd General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general business from Eckerd in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eckerd also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 0 student 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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Management Analysts	44,770	$79,630
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Construction Managers	22,070	$94,150
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.