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by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 56,779 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, general business/commerce is the 10th most popular major in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25,369 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major” ranking analyzed 398 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general business/commerce.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree general business students.
Unilatina International College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major ranking. Miramar, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Unilatina International College
University of Maine at Presque Isle did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major ranking, coming in at #14. This small school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maine at Presque Isle General Business/Commerce Report
Georgia Gwinnett College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major list. Located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, this fairly large public school handed out 379 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Georgia Gwinnett College General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #20, Stillman College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major list. Stillman College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 28 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
Truett McConnell University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major ranking, coming in at #21. TMU is a small school located in Cleveland, Georgia that handed out 45 bachelors’s general business 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%.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Truett McConnell University
Dallas Christian College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major ranking, coming in at #22. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Dallas Christian College
Central State University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major list. Central State University is a public institution located in Wilberforce, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 143 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Central State University General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #25, Southern Virginia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major list. Buena Vista, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 42 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Full Southern Virginia University General Business/Commerce Report
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ’top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Mount St Mary’s University | Emmitsburg, MD |
| 52 | Washington & Jefferson College | Washington, PA |
| 53 | Saint Mary’s College of California | Moraga, CA |
| 54 | Columbia College | Columbia, MO |
| 55 | University of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD |
| 56 | Waldorf University | Forest City, IA |
| 57 | St Lawrence University | Canton, NY |
| 58 | Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA |
| 59 | Midway University | Midway, KY |
| 60 | Kalamazoo College | Kalamazoo, MI |
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