General Business/Commerce at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year.

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.

Michigan State General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Business

Michigan State General Business/Commerce Rankings

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General Business Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

The general business program at Michigan State awarded 120 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from Michigan State, 70% 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 Michigan State University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	84
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Management Analysts	14,770	$92,130
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Sales Managers	8,640	$142,340
Administrative Services Managers	7,890	$95,810

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.