by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Business Economics is the 130th most popular major in the country with 5,667 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,802 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 15 colleges that offered a degree in business economics. That schools that top this list have a program in business economics 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Petersburg, Virginia, and it awarded 14 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 14 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 5 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark Atlanta University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 1 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 5 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Central Florida landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 4 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Miami did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 1 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Georgia ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 210 diplomas to qualified masters’s business economics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Georgia State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business economics degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Tech is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 0 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 63 degrees to qualified masters’s business economics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business economics degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of New Orleans landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UNO is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Auburn University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 3 masters’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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