General Business/Commerce at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 8,041 students attend the school each year. Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2019, 65 of them were general business/commerce majors.

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.

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at The Graduate Center

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? The Graduate Center offers distance education options for general business at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at The Graduate Center 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
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
Best General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Online General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	95
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate Schools	105
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate Schools	105
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	199

In 2019, 5 students received their master’s degree in general business from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #95 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Business Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business/Commerce from The Graduate Center in 2018-2019, 34% were men and 66% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general business bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The Graduate Center, CUNY with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

The Graduate Center General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

The general business program at The Graduate Center awarded 5 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

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

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

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2019, 11 students 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 NY, the home state for The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Sales Managers	23,120	$198,390
Administrative Services Managers	18,350	$137,480
Managers	16,600	$124,160

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 Alex Irklievski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.