by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 56,042 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general business/commerce is the 10th most popular major in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7,646 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,079 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 46 colleges that offer a degree 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 general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree general business students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Strayer University - Texas is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 134 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Christian College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Georgetown, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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, Austin College landed the #5 spot on the list. Austin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sherman, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Houston - Victoria 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 #6. This small school is located in Victoria, Texas, and it awarded 147 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Arlington Baptist University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Arlington Baptist University is a small school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 2 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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. Alpine, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
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Tarleton State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 249 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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McMurry University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Abilene, 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 17 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #11, University of North Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 142 students in 2020-2021.
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Sam Houston State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 243 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, DeVry University - Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Irving, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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East Texas Baptist University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Marshall, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
Full East Texas Baptist University General Business/Commerce Report
University of Houston - Downtown ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston - Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 111 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
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. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 78 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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DeVry University - Arizona 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 #19. DeVry University - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full DeVry University - Arizona General Business/Commerce Report
Texas A&M University - San Antonio came in at #20 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 San Antonio is a medium-sized public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 32 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Randall University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Randall University is located in Moore, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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Concordia University, Texas came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Lakeway, 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 14 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Concordia University, Texas
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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