2024 Best General Business/Commerce Schools in the Southeast Region
118Colleges in the Southeast Region
13,506General Business Degrees Awarded
Ranked #10 in popularity, general business/commerce is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 118 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for general business/commerce students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13,506 degrees in general business/commerce during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general business/commerce school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general business/commerce schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best General Business/Commerce Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Business/Commerce in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general business degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
18 Top Southeast Region Schools in General Business
It's hard to beat Emory University if you wish to pursue a degree in general business/commerce. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
Tulane University of Louisiana is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general business/commerce. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New Orleans. A Best Colleges rank of #78 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were about 92 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Tech is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in general business/commerce. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 8 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Kentucky is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general business/commerce. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington. This university ranks 1st out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 448 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Florida State University if you want to pursue a degree in general business/commerce. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 144 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem. A Best Colleges rank of #128 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wake Forest University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 131 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent data year.
GMU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 55 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #144 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 252 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 406 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the large city of Tampa. This university ranks 8th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 337 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available.
UCF is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 890 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 284 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at The Citadel in the most recent data year.
Belmont is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #206 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Belmont is a great university overall.
There were about 111 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Belmont in the most recent data year.
NKU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Highland Heights. This university ranks 6th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 221 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 168 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year.
Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the town of Williamsburg. This university ranks 4th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 152 general business/commerce students who graduated with this degree at Cumberlands in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Business/Commerce Schools in the Southeast Region award.
General Business/Commerce Related Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of general business/commerce school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general business/commerce schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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