General Business/Commerce at Kansas State University

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

K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and has a total student population of 20,854. Of the 928 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 2021, 23 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.

K -State General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at K -State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

K -State General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how K -State performed in these rankings.

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 K -State 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
	23
	40
	46
	82
	214

Earnings of K -State General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at K -State is $50,998. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at K -State

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

K -State General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business/Commerce from K -State in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at K -State 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 Kansas State University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

K -State 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 Kansas State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	23

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Sales & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• 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 KS, the home state for Kansas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
General and Operations Managers	18,240	$97,920
Management Analysts	5,000	$77,690
Chief Executives	3,790	$172,100
Sales Managers	2,820	$147,230
Construction Managers	2,730	$87,270

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 Kzollman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.