General Business/Commerce at Lake Forest College

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

Lake Forest is located in Lake Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,583. Of the 124 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College in 2021, 64 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.

Lake Forest General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Lake Forest General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest 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
	49
	75
	87
	94
	147
	206
	223
	264
	344
	503

General Business Student Demographics at Lake Forest

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

Lake Forest General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general business from Lake Forest. About 58% were men and 42% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest College with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	37
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Lake Forest 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 IL, the home state for Lake Forest College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Management Analysts	39,780	$95,110
Sales Managers	24,800	$131,400
Administrative Services Managers	16,950	$97,840
Construction Managers	12,730	$95,020

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 Eudaimonia86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.