General Business/Commerce at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from GMU.

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.

GMU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for general business at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GMU General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how GMU 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 GMU 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
	47
	74
	112
	123
	249
	652

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in general business from GMU. This makes it the #68 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

General Business Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 general business majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GMU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 31 students who graduated with a master’s in general business from GMU in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GMU 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 George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	55

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Sales Managers	5,790	$170,760

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.