2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s” ranking.

Accounting and Business/Management is the 374th most popular major in the country with 1,637 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 32 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in accounting and business/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular accounting and business/management programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree accounting and business/management students.

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management in New York

1

Mount Saint Mary College
Newburgh, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Saint Mary College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Newburgh, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting and business/management students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Mount Saint Mary Accounting and Business/Management Report

2

Excelsior College
Albany, New York

#19 overall quality in New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Albany, New York, and it awarded 10 masters’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about Accounting and Business/Management at Excelsior College

3

Utica College
Utica, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utica College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s list. Utica College is a small school located in Utica, New York that handed out 4 masters’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Utica College Accounting and Business/Management Report

4

University at Albany
Albany, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Accounting and Business/Management Major in New York for a Master’s list. Albany, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting and business/management degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Accounting and Business/Management at UAlbany

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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.

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