General Business/Commerce at Lamar University

Every general business/commerce school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general business program at Lamar University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and has a total student population of 16,637. Of the 355 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lamar University in 2021, 79 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.

Lamar University General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Lamar University General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 Lamar University 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
	176
	177
	268
	400
	461
	544

General Business Student Demographics at Lamar University

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

Lamar University General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of general business bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Lamar University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lamar University 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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Management Analysts	35,350	$97,080
Construction Managers	29,620	$98,420
Sales Managers	26,420	$148,000
Administrative Services Managers	25,760	$103,880

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.