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 Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region” 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 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree general business students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia State University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 doctorate’s general business degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 5 doctorate’s general business degrees 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 1 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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