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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Business/Commerce is the 16th most popular major in the country with 56,779 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,206 and had an average of $24,177 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7,856 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,595 and $17,904 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,116 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 46 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. That schools that top this list have a program in general business/commerce in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Southwest Region”.
Out of the 46 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Christian College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business 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%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Dallas Christian College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Georgetown, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Southwestern University General Business/Commerce Report
Out of the 46 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. OKWU or OWU is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Austin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sherman, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston - Victoria ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 112 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Houston - Victoria
Arlington Baptist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Arlington Baptist University
Sul Ross State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Sul Ross State University is located in Alpine, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Sul Ross State University
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Tarleton is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 229 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
McMurry University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business 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%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at McMurry University
University of North Texas at Dallas ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas at Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 86 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Stephen F Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 133 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 Stephen F Austin State University
With a ranking of #13, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 263 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
DeVry University - Texas came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. DeVry University - Texas is a small private for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s general business 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%. 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.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at DeVry University - Texas
With a ranking of #15, East Texas Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Marshall, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business 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 General Business/Commerce at East Texas Baptist University
University of Houston - Downtown landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 147 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at UH Downtown
University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Houston - Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at University of Houston - Clear Lake
New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 92 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #19, DeVry University - Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. DeVry University - Arizona is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at DeVry University - Arizona
With a ranking of #20, Texas A&M University - San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Texas A&M University - San Antonio
West Texas A&M University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 59 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full West Texas A&M University General Business/Commerce Report
The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 39 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Randall University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Randall is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moore, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Randall University
Concordia University, Texas ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Concordia University, Texas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 more about General Business/Commerce at Concordia University, Texas
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 48 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
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