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General Business/Commerce at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,182. In 2019, 319 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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.

UK General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Business
  • Master’s Degree in General Business
  • Doctorate Degree in General Business

UK General Business/Commerce Rankings

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

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 UK 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools 15
Best General Business/Commerce Doctor’s Degree Schools 18
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools 18
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools 22
Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools 40
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools 59
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools 104
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools 178
Best General Business/Commerce Schools 205
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Schools 265

In 2019, 140 students received their master’s degree in general business from UK. This makes it the #22 most popular school for general business master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

General Business Student Demographics at UK

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

UK General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 319 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Business/Commerce from UK in 2018-2019, 58% were men and 42% were women.

UK Gender Breakdown of General Business/Commerce Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in general business.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of General Business/Commerce Majors at University of Kentucky
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 271
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

UK General Business/Commerce Master’s Program

34% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The general business program at UK awarded 140 master's degrees in 2018-2019. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women.

UK Gender Breakdown of General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Grads

Of the students who received a general business master's degree from UK, 65% 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 University of Kentucky with a master's in general business.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of General Business/Commerce Majors at University of Kentucky
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 91
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 26

UK also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2019, 8 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers 30,240 $89,750
Management Analysts 4,280 $72,850
Industrial Production Managers 3,800 $97,340
Sales Managers 3,310 $121,260
Chief Executives 3,300 $152,670

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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