General Business/Commerce at George Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a general business school? To help you decide if George Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general business program.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017. Of the 813 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 2021, 20 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.

GWU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

GWU General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 GWU 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
	31
	57
	447
	483

General Business Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general business bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at GWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GWU 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers	25,930	$150,970
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Management Analysts	18,410	$106,210
Chief Executives	1,880	$247,500
Administrative Services Managers	1,410	$125,770

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.