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General Business/Commerce at Wake Forest University

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General Business/Commerce at Wake Forest University

What traits are you looking for in a general business school? To help you decide if Wake Forest University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general business program.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year. Of the 423 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University in 2021, 131 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.

Wake Forest University General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Wake Forest University General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University 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
3
6
7
12
51
105
125
140
306
322

Earnings of Wake Forest University General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wake Forest University is $65,533. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 54% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

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General Business Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The general business program at Wake Forest University awarded 131 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in general business.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 112
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Wake Forest University 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

General Business/Commerce majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wake Forest University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce 131

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers 54,330 $131,600
Management Analysts 16,970 $98,730
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Construction Managers 11,220 $109,520
Sales Managers 6,790 $147,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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