by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” 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 Louisiana, there were 970 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,080 and $17,139 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general business/commerce.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana bachelor’s degree general business students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Business Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s list. Pineville, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 92 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 92%. 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. 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%.
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