General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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

IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a total student population of 29,390. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 475 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from IUPUI.

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.

IUPUI General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in General Business (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business
• Master’s Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at IUPUI

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, IUPUI does offer online courses in general business for the following degree levels:

IUPUI General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 IUPUI 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
	1
	6
	18
	125
	142
	317

In 2021, 166 students received their master’s degree in general business from IUPUI. This makes it the #13 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of IUPUI General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at IUPUI is $46,042. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at IUPUI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

IUPUI General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

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

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at IUPUI 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 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	49
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	344
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

IUPUI General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 166 general business students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from IUPUI, about 69% were men and 31% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from IUPUI, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	94
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

IUPUI 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

If you plan to be a general business major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	641

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Taxation
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management
• Hospitality 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Management Analysts	10,030	$83,000
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Sales Managers	5,000	$129,020

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.