General Business/Commerce is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #9 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of general business/commerce. Combined, these schools handed out 434 associate degrees in general business/commerce to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Business/Commerce School for Your Associate Degree
The general business associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general business/commerce students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general business/commerce students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general business/commerce to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business/commerce related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general business/commerce students working on their associate degree.
The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi.
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Featured General Business/Commerce Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
It is hard to beat Holmes Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in general business/commerce. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Soon after graduation, general business associate recipients typically earn around $28,640 in their early careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in general business/commerce needs to check out Itawamba Community College. Located in the town of Fulton, ICC is a public college with a small student population.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the general business program make about $26,118 for their early career.
Strayer University - Mississippi is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in general business/commerce. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Strayer University - Mississippi is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
Associate recipients from the general business/commerce degree program at Strayer University - Mississippi make $5,700 more than the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).