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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. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 56,779 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, general business/commerce is the 10th most popular major in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 14,578 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7,328 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 110 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general business/commerce program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region”.
With a ranking of #10, Unilatina International College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Unilatina International College is a small private for-profit school situated in Miramar, Florida. It awarded 2 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Unilatina International College General Business/Commerce Report
Georgia Gwinnett College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 379 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students 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%.
Full Georgia Gwinnett College General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #13, Stillman College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region 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.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Stillman College
With a ranking of #14, Truett McConnell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Cleveland, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 45 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students 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%.
With a ranking of #15, Southern Virginia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Buena Vista, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Southern Virginia University
With a ranking of #16, University of Arkansas System eVersity did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list.
With a ranking of #17, Sweet Briar College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Sweet Briar is a small school located in Sweet Briar, Virginia that handed out 7 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. The Citadel is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 173 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at The Citadel
Kentucky Wesleyan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Owensboro, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Kentucky Wesleyan College
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is a public institution located in Wise, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise
Fisk University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
DeVry University - Tennessee landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. DeVry University - Tennessee is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 0 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full DeVry University - Tennessee General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #23, Randolph - Macon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Ashland, 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 63 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 General Business/Commerce at Randolph - Macon
Midway University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Midway University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Midway, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Midway University
Norfolk State University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Norfolk State is a medium-sized public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 71 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Norfolk State
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