by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Entrepreneurial Studies is the 120th most popular major in the country with 11,319 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,578 and had an average of $25,632 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Carolina, there were 260 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,455 and $26,181 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurial studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in entrepreneurial studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree entrepreneurship students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Elon, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s entrepreneurship degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the #3 spot on the list. High Point is a medium-sized school located in High Point, North Carolina that handed out 27 bachelors’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at High Point University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
Full Western Carolina University Entrepreneurial Studies Report
Lenoir - Rhyne University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small school located in Hickory, North Carolina that handed out 8 bachelors’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at Lenoir - Rhyne University
East Carolina University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 1 bachelors’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
Full East Carolina University Entrepreneurial Studies Report
With a ranking of #8, Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Entrepreneurship Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Methodist University
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