Is a Business/Commerce, General degree worth it?
Across 267 schools, graduates of Business/Commerce, General earn a median $63,363 five years out on $24,250 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Project Management Specialists (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$63,363
Median debt
$24,250
Years to pay off
3.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
48%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+5.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
18.2%
$72,160 vs $58,998
Net price
$18,887/yr
Debt-test failures
16.7%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$5,795
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Business/Commerce, General in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.