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 Seattle Pacific 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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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at SPU was ranked #145 on College Factual's Best Schools for general business list. It is also ranked #10 in Washington.
Here are some of the other rankings for SPU.
Part-time undergraduates at SPU paid an average of $1,298 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $46,728 | $46,728 |
| Fees | $516 | $516 |
| Books and Supplies | $930 | $930 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $12,687 | $12,687 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,783 | $3,783 |
Learn more about SPU 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 SPU in General Business walked away with an average of $24,580 in student debt. That is 8% lower than the national average of $26,843.
The median early career salary of general business students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SPU is $46,999 per year. That is 14% higher than the national average of $41,384.
Online degrees for the SPU 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 SPU Online Learning page.
About 48.6% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in general business in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 47.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in general business at SPU in 2019-2020, 27.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 34%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 38 |
| International Students | 8 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
General Business/Commerce students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 70 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general business/commerce.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 15 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 11 |
*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.
