General Business/Commerce at Harvard University

If you are interested in studying general business/commerce, you may want to check out the program at Harvard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received their master's degree in general business.

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.

Harvard General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Business

Harvard General Business/Commerce Rankings

General Business Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 22 general business students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Harvard, about 59% were men and 41% were women.

In the general business master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Marketing

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Sales Managers	16,600	$151,010
Administrative Services Managers	12,770	$111,340
Managers	8,660	$131,450

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.