Retailing & Retail Operations
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Retailing & Retail Operations degree recipients are Madison, WI, Columbia, SC, and Tacoma, WA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Retailing & Retail Operations degree recipients are Thatcher, AZ, Altamont, OR, and Tacoma, WA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Retailing & Retail Operations is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Retailing & Retail Operations and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Madison awards the most degrees in Retailing & Retail Operations in the US, but Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts and Umpqua Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Retailing & Retail Operations.
Tuition costs for Retailing & Retail Operations majors are, on average, $5,471 for in-state public colleges, and $25,200 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Retailing & Retail Operations programs are Public, 2-year institutions (47 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (617 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Retailing & Retail Operations, is Public, 4-year or above (617 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Retailing & Retail Operations programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most Retailing & Retail Operations degree recipients, with 232 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Retailing & Retail Operations.
Out of all institutions that offer Retailing & Retail Operations programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Retailing & Retail Operations, with 29.7%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Retailing & Retail Operations by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Business graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Business majors is $109,808 and the most common occupations are Accountants & auditors, Other managers, and Financial managers.
The industry that employs the most Business majors is uninformed, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.
The average salary for Business majors is $109,808 and the most common occupations are Accountants & auditors, Other managers, and Financial managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Business majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Business majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Business majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Business majors, by number of employees, are Accountants & auditors, Other managers, and Financial managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Business majors working as Accountants & auditors, Financial examiners, and Financial analysts.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Business majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
The number of Business graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.33%, from 12M in 2022 to 12.2M in 2023.
The largest single share of Business graduates go on to work as Accountants & auditors (8.91%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Business by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Business majors, by number of employees, are uninformed, Elementary & secondary schools, and Computer Systems Design.
The highest paying industries of Business majors, by average wage, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Oil & gas extraction, and Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The number of Business graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.33%, from 12M in 2022 to 12.2M in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Business graduates by share is uninformed, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Business.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Business majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Business majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Business. The most common ages of employees with this major are 40 and 39 years old, which represent 2.68% and 2.6% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Retailing & Retail Operations are Bachelors Degree, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Business are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Retailing & Retail Operations.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Retailing & Retail Operations for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Retailing & Retail Operations.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Singapore that hold Business degrees (2.55 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (181,180 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Retailing & Retail Operations field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retailing & Retail Operations majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Retailing & Retail Operations majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Service Orientation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Retailing & Retail Operations majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Service Orientation, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
