General Business/Commerce at Temple University

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 39,740. Of the 2,119 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 2019, 128 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.

Temple General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at Temple

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Temple General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 Temple 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 Online General Business/Commerce Schools	51
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Schools	109
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	260

General Business Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 128 general business majors earned their bachelor's degree from Temple. Of these graduates, 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Temple are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	72
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Temple 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 Temple University.

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
• Image Credit: By Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.