General Business/Commerce at Southern Virginia University

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

SVU is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and approximately 1,140 students attend the school each year. Of the 45 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Virginia University in 2021, 45 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.

SVU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

SVU General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 SVU 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
	25
	38
	103
	121
	214
	245
	286
	291
	345
	428

General Business Student Demographics at SVU

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

SVU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of general business bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at SVU 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 Southern Virginia University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	34
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SVU 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 VA, the home state for Southern Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Sales Managers	5,790	$170,760

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.