General Business/Commerce at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,920. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 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.

WPI General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Business

WPI General Business/Commerce Rankings

General Business Student Demographics at WPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WPI General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

Of the 38 general business students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WPI, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from WPI, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Marketing
• 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 MA, the home state for Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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 Runningonbrains under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.