by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 862,104 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, business, management and marketing is the 1st most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, business, management and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,915 and had an average of $25,393 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 212,398 business, management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,912 and $26,239 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102,074 business, management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 487 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business, management and marketing. That schools that top this list have a program in business, management and marketing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree business, management & marketing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Reformed University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business, management and marketing students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unilatina International College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Unilatina International College is a small school located in Miramar, Florida that handed out 10 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paine College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 487 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National American University - Kings Bay landed the #4 spot on the list. National American University - Kings Bay is a small private for-profit school situated in Kings Bay, Georgia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 1 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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Out of the 487 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Ignacio University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Ignacio University is a private for-profit institution located in Doral, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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North Carolina Wesleyan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. North Carolina Wesleyan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 222 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, DeVry University - Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. DeVry University - Georgia is a small private for-profit school situated in Decatur, Georgia. It awarded 116 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, Strayer University - South Carolina did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Strayer University - South Carolina is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 169 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
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With a ranking of #9, Strayer University - Arkansas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, DeVry University - Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. DeVry University - Florida is located in Miramar, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #11, Strayer University - Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Strayer University - Florida is a private for-profit institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 150 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Strayer University - West Virginia came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Scott Depot, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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Strayer University - Tennessee ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private for-profit school awarded 151 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business, management and marketing students in 2020-2021.
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University of Charleston ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Charleston, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 384 students in 2020-2021.
Le Moyne - Owen College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #16, Strayer University - North Carolina did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Strayer University - North Carolina is a small private for-profit school situated in Morrisville, North Carolina. It awarded 261 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Management and Technology came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Arlington, Virginia. It awarded 204 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Strayer University - Alabama came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Strayer University - Alabama is a small private for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 73 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Clinton College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Rock Hill, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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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DeVry University - Virginia came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Arlington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 31 students 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.
Full DeVry University - Virginia Business, Management & Marketing Report
DeVry University - North Carolina came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking. DeVry University - North Carolina is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Strayer University - Georgia ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Strayer University - Georgia is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 392 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to qualified students.
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Belmont Abbey College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. Belmont, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 118 students in 2020-2021.
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Strayer University - Virginia came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Arlington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees to 450 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, Huntingdon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business, Management & Marketing Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s business, management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | University of Richmond | University of Richmond, VA |
| 52 | Birmingham Southern College | Birmingham, AL |
| 53 | Salem University | Salem, WV |
| 54 | Reinhardt University | Waleska, GA |
| 55 | The University of Tampa | Tampa, FL |
| 56 | Stillman College | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 57 | Christian Brothers University | Memphis, TN |
| 58 | Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA |
| 59 | Young Harris College | Young Harris, GA |
| 60 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | Athens, TN |
| 61 | Elon University | Elon, NC |
| 62 | Wofford College | Spartanburg, SC |
| 63 | Simmons College of Kentucky | Louisville, KY |
| 64 | The University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 65 | Truett McConnell University | Cleveland, GA |
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | Rollins College | Winter Park, FL |
| 67 | Stetson University | DeLand, FL |
| 68 | Ave Maria University | Ave Maria, FL |
| 69 | Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC |
| 70 | Schiller International University | Largo, FL |
| 71 | University of Mount Olive | Mount Olive, NC |
| 72 | University of Florida-Online | Gainesville, FL |
| 73 | College of Charleston | Charleston, SC |
| 74 | Dalton State College | Dalton, GA |
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