by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 56,042 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,399 and had an average of $26,389 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 682 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,916 and $22,311 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in New Jersey”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - New Jersey. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in New Jersey. Located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, this small private for-profit school handed out 65 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - New Jersey General Business/Commerce Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Mahwah, New Jersey, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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