General Business/Commerce at University of Rhode Island

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 University of Rhode Island stacks up to those at other schools.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from URI.

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.

URI General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

URI General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 URI 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
	8
	10
	68
	155
	228
	311
	578

General Business Student Demographics at URI

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

URI General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 general business majors earned their bachelor's degree from URI. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

URI also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 7 students 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Management Analysts	3,120	$87,610
Managers	830	$114,660
Sales Managers	740	$161,970
Administrative Services Managers	570	$129,870

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.