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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 Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 1,459 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,680 and $31,789 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 964 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 14 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Virginia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Strayer University - Virginia is located in Arlington, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 413 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Virginia University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia. Southern Virginia University is a small school located in Buena Vista, Virginia that handed out 45 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Sweet Briar College landed the #3 spot on the list. Sweet Briar, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Located in Wise, Virginia, this small public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Randolph - Macon College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Randolph - Macon is a small school located in Ashland, Virginia that handed out 56 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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With a ranking of #6, Norfolk State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 97 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Hollins University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Hollins is a small school located in Roanoke, Virginia that handed out 8 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Randolph College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #8. Randolph is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 264 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
DeVry University - Virginia landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia ranking. DeVry University - Virginia is a private for-profit institution located in Arlington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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George Mason University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #11. GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Regent University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia ranking. Regent University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Liberty University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bluefield College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia ranking. Bluefield, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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