2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southwest Region
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In 2020-2021, 56,042 general business/commerce students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7,646 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Business Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general business/commerce programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended General Business Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree general business students.
Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Business Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 20 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at UNT
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Business Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 more about General Business/Commerce at UH
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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