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General Business & Commerce at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

If you plan to study General Business & Commerce, consider the program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is in Perkinston, MS.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 211 general business & commerce degrees were granted at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Distance learning is available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Of 8,694 students, 2,064 (24%) studied exclusively online and 2,768 (32%) took at least some classes online.

General Business & Commerce Rankings at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s General Business & Commerce program against peer institutions.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Mississippi	#2 of 7
Best Value	Mississippi	#5 of 7
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#13 of 135
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#29 of 138
Best Value	Nationwide	#86 of 561
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#216 of 567

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for General Business & Commerce graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, General Business & Commerce graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are 57% women (121) and 43% men (90).

General Business & Commerce Associate’s Program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Of the 211 associate’s general business & commerce degrees awarded at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 57% were women (121) and 43% were men (90).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Business & Commerce associate’s degree recipients at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	119
Hispanic / Latino	19
Black / African American	43
Asian	3
American Indian / Alaska Native	3
Two or More Races	12
Unknown	12

Minority students account for 38% of General Business & Commerce associate’s degree recipients at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, lower than the national average of 50%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for General Business & Commerce Graduates

Graduates of the General Business & Commerce program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for General Business & Commerce graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$170,172
Loss Prevention Managers	$165,723
Biofuels Production Managers	$164,096
Geothermal Production Managers	$160,381
Administrative Services Managers	$158,084
Facilities Managers	$157,669
Social and Community Service Managers	$156,089
General and Operations Managers	$149,694
Biomass Power Plant Managers	$146,025
Chief Executives	$138,534

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.