by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
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 Southeast region, there were 13,506 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,048 and $30,132 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6,263 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 110 colleges that offered 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.
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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 Southeast Region”.
Out of the 110 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Strayer University - Arkansas is a small private for-profit school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - South Carolina. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 159 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Strayer University - Florida is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 137 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Full Strayer University - Florida General Business/Commerce Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Tennessee. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region. Strayer University - Tennessee is a private for-profit institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 139 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Tennessee General Business/Commerce Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - North Carolina. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Morrisville, North Carolina, this small private for-profit school handed out 244 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
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Strayer University - Alabama came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Strayer University - Georgia landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 370 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Georgia General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #8, Strayer University - West Virginia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Scott Depot, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #9, Strayer University - Virginia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Strayer University - Virginia is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 413 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Unilatina International College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Miramar, Florida, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #11, Georgia Gwinnett College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Gwinnett College is a fairly large school located in Lawrenceville, Georgia that handed out 379 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia Gwinnett College General Business/Commerce Report
Strayer University - Mississippi came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Strayer University - Mississippi is a private for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Mississippi General Business/Commerce Report
Stillman College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Stillman College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 31 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Truett McConnell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. TMU is located in Cleveland, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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Southern Virginia University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Southern Virginia University is a small school located in Buena Vista, Virginia that handed out 45 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Virginia University General Business/Commerce Report
With a ranking of #16, University of Arkansas System eVersity did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 50 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Sweet Briar College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Sweet Briar is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sweet Briar, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #18, Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 166 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Kentucky Wesleyan College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Owensboro, Kentucky, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #20, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. UVa - Wise is a small school located in Wise, Virginia that handed out 36 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Fisk University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
DeVry University - Tennessee came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. DeVry University - Tennessee is a private for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Randolph - Macon College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Randolph - Macon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ashland, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
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Midway University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Midway University is a small school located in Midway, Kentucky that handed out 39 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Norfolk State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this medium-sized public school awarded 97 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
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