by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Maryland, there were 2,295 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,930 and $19,373 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 496 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general business/commerce.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree general business students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Maryland. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. Suitland, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 254 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Strayer University - Maryland
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. UB is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 152 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Baltimore General Business/Commerce Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount St Mary’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s. Emmitsburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 27 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Maryland. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #4 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 312 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 Johns Hopkins University
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
.jpg){kind=link}