by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southwest region, there were 7,646 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,825 and $22,729 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 332 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general business/commerce. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general business/commerce.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Schreiner University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Kerrville, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it awarded 22 masters’s general business 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 243 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cameron University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Cameron University is located in Lawton, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at Cameron University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Christian University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 6 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Oklahoma Christian University General Business/Commerce Report
University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Business/Commerce at University of North Texas
University of St. Thomas landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Southern Nazarene University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Southern Nazarene University is a small school located in Bethany, Oklahoma that handed out 0 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern Nazarene University General Business/Commerce Report
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