by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Business/Commerce. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Business/Commerce is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Grand Valley State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in general business, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at GVSU was ranked #160 on College Factual's Best Schools for general business list. It is also ranked #4 in Michigan.
Here are some of the other rankings for GVSU.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at GVSU paid an average of $805 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $570 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,576 | $19,168 |
| Books and Supplies | $740 | $740 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $9,732 | $9,732 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,040 | $2,040 |
Learn more about GVSU tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at GVSU in General Business walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $26,843.
The median early career salary of general business students who receive their bachelor’s degree from GVSU is $40,896 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $41,384.
Online degrees for the GVSU general business bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GVSU Online Learning page.
About 46.2% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in general business in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 47.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in general business at GVSU in 2019-2020, 7.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 34%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 24 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
General Business/Commerce students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 26 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general business/commerce.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 103 |
| Accounting | 142 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 55 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 18 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 271 |
*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.
