by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 5,151 people earned their degree in business economics, making the major the 130th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,554 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in business economics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in business economics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree business economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia State University is a small public school situated in Petersburg, Virginia. It awarded 9 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 9 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Southern Mississippi Business Economics Report
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Troy University landed the #3 spot on the list. TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s business economics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark Atlanta University landed the #4 spot on the list. CAU is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 2 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region. WVU is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 20 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Central Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 51 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Business Economics at University of Central Florida
University of Miami landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 53 masters’s business economics degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Business Economics at University of Miami
University of Georgia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business economics degrees to 182 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #8, Georgia State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 54 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business economics degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business economics degrees to 33 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business economics degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Business Economics at Mississippi State University
University of New Orleans landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 masters’s business economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Auburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s business economics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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