by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Georgia for a Doctorate” 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 Georgia, there were 2,025 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,300 and $35,012 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,023 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Business Major in Georgia for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general business/commerce. To top this list, a school must have a successful general business/commerce program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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 Georgia for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree general business students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Georgia for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia State is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia State University General Business/Commerce Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Business Major in Georgia for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. 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.
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