2023 Most Popular Colleges for Retailing and Retail Operations in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Retailing and Retail Operations Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,025 people earned their degree in retailing and retail operations, making the major the 515th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 208 retailing and retail operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Retailing and Retail Operations Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in retailing and retail operations. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in retailing and retail operations.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Retailing and Retail Operations Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region retailing and retail operations students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Retailing and Retail Operations in the Southeast Region

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

$47,342 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,143 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Retailing and Retail Operations Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 176 diplomas to qualified ’s retailing and retail operations students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Retailing and Retail Operations at University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

#20 overall quality in Southeast

$51,395 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,162 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Retailing and Retail Operations Major in the Southeast Region. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Retailing and Retail Operations at American Military University

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Nijhuis.