Ranked #21 in popularity, general business/commerce is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 bachelor's degrees in general business/commerce during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general business/commerce students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general business/commerce students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt general business/commerce students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business/commerce related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general business/commerce students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Business/Commerce Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Business/Commerce in Minnesota
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general business/commerce.
Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in General Business
It is hard to beat Gustavus Adolphus College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general business/commerce. Located in the fringe town of Saint Peter, Gustavus Adolphus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Soon after graduating, general business bachelor's recipients usually earn about $49,881 in the first five years of their career.
It is difficult to beat Saint Cloud State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general business/commerce. St. Cloud State University is a large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud.
Those general business/commerce students who get their bachelor's degree from Saint Cloud State University receive $6,712 more than the average general business graduate.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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