General Business/Commerce at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. Of the 405 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University - Main Campus in 2021, 78 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.

NMSU Main Campus General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in General Business
• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

NMSU Main Campus General Business/Commerce Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general business programs across the country. The following shows how NMSU Main Campus performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at NMSU Main Campus 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
	173
	199
	207
	222
	257
	283
	344

Earnings of NMSU Main Campus General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $32,360. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,524 for all general business students.

General Business Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

NMSU Main Campus does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 62% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a associate's in general business.

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

NMSU Main Campus General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 students earned a bachelor's degree in general business from NMSU Main Campus. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

NMSU Main Campus 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	81

Related Majors

• International Business
• Hospitality Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Marketing

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
General and Operations Managers	13,880	$101,720
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Management Analysts	2,700	$81,240
Administrative Services Managers	1,800	$97,940
Construction Managers	1,540	$89,410

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.