Types of Degrees Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many e-commerce graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	197
Basic Certificate	130
Master’s Degree	80
Undergraduate Certificate	26
Associate Degree	18
Graduate Certificate	18

What Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, electronic commerce majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Electronic Commerce Majors

According to O*NET survey takers, a major in electronic commerce should prepare you for careers in which you will need to be knowledgeable in the following areas:

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills for Electronic Commerce Majors

electronic commerce majors are found most commonly in careers in which the following skills are important:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Abilities for Electronic Commerce Majors

A major in electronic commerce will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

What Can You Do With a Major?

People with a electronic commerce degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	3.4%	$55,810
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	3.8%	$39,630

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in ?

Roughly 50% of the graduates are women, and 50% are men.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of electronic commerce majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	96
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Geographic Diversity

Americans aren’t the only ones with an interest in Electronic Commerce. About 29.4% of those with this major are international students.

How Much Do Majors Make?

Salaries According to BLS

Electronic Commerce majors often go into careers where salaries can range from $45,080 to $59,340 (25th to 75th percentile). This range includes all degree levels, so you may expect those with a more advanced degree to make more while those with less advanced degrees will typically make less.

To put that into context, according to BLS data from the first quarter of 2020, the typical high school graduate makes between $30,000 and $57,900 a year (25th through 75th percentile). The average person with a bachelor’s degree (any field) makes between $45,600 and $99,000. Advanced degree holders make the most with salaries between $55,600 and $125,400.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to

Some degrees associated with electronic commerce may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to electronic commerce have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	6.0%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	35.7%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	4.2%
Some College Courses	14.5%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	13.7%
Bachelor’s Degree	27.0%
Master’s Degree	0.8%

Online Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	7	2
Certificate (2-4 Years)	1	0
Associate’s Degree	14	2
Bachelor’s Degree	11	3
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	10	6
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Is a Degree in Worth It?

The median salary for a electronic commerce grad is $45,080 per year. This is based on the weighted average of the most common careers associated with the major.

This is 13% more than the average salary for an individual holding a high school degree. This adds up to a gain of about $103,600 after 20 years!

Majors Related to

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to electronic commerce.

Major	Number of Grads
General Business Administration and Management	343,412
Organizational Leadership	15,220
Interior Design Management	13,728
Supply Chain Management	10,601
Operations Management	6,424
Project Management	4,189
Office Administration	3,577
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	2,736
Retail Management	959
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	939
Transportation/Mobility Management	641
Science/Technology Management	359
Research and Development Management	284
Customer Service Management	178
Risk Management	37

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.