General Business/Commerce at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus

If you are interested in studying general business/commerce, you may want to check out the program at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Penn State World Campus is located in University Park, Pennsylvania and approximately 14,458 students attend the school each year. Of the 550 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University - World Campus in 2019, 166 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.

Penn State World Campus General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Penn State World Campus

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? Penn State World Campus offers distance education options for general business at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Penn State World Campus General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at Penn State World Campus 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 Penn State World Campus 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Associate’s Degree Schools	64
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	103

In 2019, 0 student received their master’s degree in general business from Penn State World Campus. This is the #103 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

General Business Student Demographics at Penn State World Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Penn State World Campus General Business/Commerce Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of general business associate's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in general business at Penn State World Campus are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania State University - World Campus with a associate's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	61
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Penn State World Campus General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 166 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business/Commerce from Penn State World Campus in 2018-2019, 54% were men and 46% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Penn State World Campus 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 Pennsylvania State University - World Campus with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	128
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Penn State World Campus 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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Management Analysts	27,970	$90,670
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Construction Managers	11,050	$106,270
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.