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Pennsylvania State University - Lehigh Valley Bachelor’s in General Business/Commerce

The 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 Pennsylvania State University - Lehigh Valley. 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, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State Lehigh Valley Bachelor’s in General Business

#50 in the U.S
#7 in Pennsylvania

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 Penn State Lehigh Valley was ranked #50 on College Factual's Best Schools for general business list. It is also ranked #7 in Pennsylvania.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State Lehigh Valley.

Ranking Type Rank
Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans 38
Most Focused Colleges for General Business/Commerce 44
Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce 50
Highest Paid General Business/Commerce Graduates 138
Most Popular Colleges for General Business/Commerce 385

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in General Business from Penn State Lehigh Valley Cost?

$14,476 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Penn State Lehigh Valley paid an average of $936 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $555 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $13,484 $22,474
Fees $992 $992
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840

Learn more about Penn State Lehigh Valley tuition and fees.

Penn State Lehigh Valley General Business Bachelor’s Student Debt

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. General Business students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State Lehigh Valley took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $26,843.

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How Much Can You Make With a Bachelor’s in General Business From Penn State Lehigh Valley?

$38,100 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

general business who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State Lehigh Valley make an average of $38,100 a year during the early days of their career. That is 8% lower than the national average of $41,384.

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Does Penn State Lehigh Valley Offer an Online Bachelor’s in General Business?

Online degrees for the Penn State Lehigh Valley 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 Penn State Lehigh Valley Online Learning page.

Penn State Lehigh Valley Bachelor’s Student Diversity for General Business

19 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
31.6% Women
26.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 19 bachelor’s degrees in general business awarded during the 2018-2019 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 31.6% of the general business students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is less than the nationwide number of 47.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in general business at Penn State Lehigh Valley in 2018-2019, 26.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Bachelor’s in General Business Focus Areas at Penn State Lehigh Valley

General Business/Commerce students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce 19

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general business/commerce.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business/Corporate Communications 14
Human Resource Management 1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 4

View All General Business/Commerce Related Majors >

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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