General Business/Commerce at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 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.

VCU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

VCU General Business/Commerce Rankings

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Business Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 120 students who graduated with a master’s in general business from VCU in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from VCU, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the general business master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	61
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Management Analysts	49,510	$105,700
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Sales Managers	5,790	$170,760

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.