General Business/Commerce at Eckerd College

If you plan to study general business/commerce, take a look at what Eckerd College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 2,006. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from Eckerd.

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.

Eckerd General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Eckerd General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at Eckerd compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at Eckerd 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 Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	219
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	250
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Best General Business/Commerce Schools	407
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Schools	481
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Schools	563

General Business Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business/Commerce from Eckerd in 2018-2019, 92% were men and 8% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Eckerd are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eckerd also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2019, 0 student 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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Management Analysts	44,770	$79,630
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Construction Managers	22,070	$94,150
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870

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:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.