by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,904 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,981 and $28,994 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,017 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 16 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 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 Rocky Mountains Region”.
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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 the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #1 spot on the list. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 120 students in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Billings General Business/Commerce Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeVry University - Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DeVry University - Colorado is a small school located in Westminster, Colorado that handed out 5 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at DeVry University - Colorado
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Adams State is located in Alamosa, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 96 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Adams State
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Durango, Colorado, this small public school awarded 60 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Fort Lewis College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 282 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 69 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Colorado State University - Pueblo
Boise State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 196 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%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Boise State
Montana Technological University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana Technological University is located in Butte, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Full Montana Technological University General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #9, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs
University of Denver ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 39 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Brigham Young University - Provo
Regis University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #12. Regis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Regis University
Idaho 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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, University of Utah did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Westminster College Utah ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Full Westminster College Utah General Business/Commerce Report
Colorado Mesa University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Grand Junction, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Colorado Mesa University
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