General Business/Commerce at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775. In 2021, 402 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from NYU.

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.

NYU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NYU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NYU offers distance education options for general business at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NYU General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at NYU 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 NYU 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
	2
	6
	10
	131
	181
	442

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in general business from NYU. This makes it the #88 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do General Business Graduates from NYU Make?

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at NYU is $77,787. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 83% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

NYU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NYU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 402 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general business from NYU in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 York University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	120
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	78
White	65
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

NYU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who graduated with a master’s in general business from NYU in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from NYU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NYU 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

The following general business concentations are available at New York University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	431

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Accounting

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Sales Managers	23,120	$198,390
Administrative Services Managers	18,350	$137,480
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.