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 General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 332 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general business/commerce.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree general business students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Schreiner University landed the #1 spot on the list. Schreiner University is a small school located in Kerrville, Texas that handed out 34 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It awarded 22 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 243 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Texas Tech University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cameron University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Cameron University is a small school located in Lawton, Oklahoma that handed out 13 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees 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%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Oklahoma Christian University
University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 14 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 St. Thomas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 0 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern Nazarene University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Full Southern Nazarene University General Business/Commerce Report
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