General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and has a total student population of 43,503. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 2,026 students received a bachelor's degree in general business from IU Bloomington.

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.

IU Bloomington General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in General Business (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business
• Master’s Degree in General Business
• Doctorate Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at IU Bloomington

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, IU Bloomington does offer online courses in general business for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

IU Bloomington General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 IU Bloomington 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Schools	1
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Best General Business/Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Online General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Best General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools	8
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools	14
Best General Business/Commerce Schools	15
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Schools	25
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools	42
Most Popular Online General Business/Commerce Schools	56
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate Schools	105
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Basic Certificate Schools	105

In 2019, 1,100 students received their master’s degree in general business from IU Bloomington. This makes it the #2 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in general business, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Business Student Demographics at IU Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2,026 general business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from IU Bloomington, about 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at IU Bloomington 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 Indiana University - Bloomington with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	138
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	92
White	1,321
International Students	378
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

IU Bloomington General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 1,100 general business majors earned their master's degree from IU Bloomington. Of these graduates, 72% were men and 28% were women.

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from IU Bloomington, 57% 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 Indiana University - Bloomington with a master's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	148
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	625
International Students	195
Other Races/Ethnicities	52

IU Bloomington also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2019, 12 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Bloomington.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Management Analysts	10,030	$83,000
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Sales Managers	5,000	$129,020

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.