General Business/Commerce at University of Missouri - St Louis

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

UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 13,874. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 331 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from UMSL.

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.

UMSL General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMSL

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? UMSL offers distance education options for general business at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMSL General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 UMSL 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
	14
	18
	54
	74
	85
	108
	331

In 2021, 151 students received their master’s degree in general business from UMSL. This makes it the #15 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

General Business Student Demographics at UMSL

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

UMSL General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 331 general business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMSL, about 58% were men and 42% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at UMSL 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 University of Missouri - St Louis with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	230
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UMSL General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

The general business program at UMSL awarded 151 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from UMSL, 58% 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 University of Missouri - St Louis with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	87
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UMSL 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
General and Operations Managers	46,490	$105,280
Management Analysts	7,140	$81,300
Sales Managers	5,220	$133,570
Administrative Services Managers	4,920	$93,260
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.