General Business/Commerce at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 51,847 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 409 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from NYU.

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.

NYU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in General Business
• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at NYU

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? NYU offers distance education options for general business at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

NYU General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 NYU 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
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best General Business/Commerce Schools	9
Most Popular Online General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	22
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	225
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Schools	482

General Business Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

NYU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general business graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a associate's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NYU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 409 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general business from NYU in 2019, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	127
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	75
International Students	89
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

NYU 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.