2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 56,779 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7,856 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general business/commerce program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 15 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Full UNT General Business/Commerce Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s general business students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Houston
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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