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 Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Business/Commerce is the 16th most popular major in the country with 56,042 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Connecticut, there were 783 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,102 and $17,303 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 Connecticut”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree general business students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Connecticut. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Bridgeport
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Connecticut
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