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. In 2021, 131 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University.

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

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

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 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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.