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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Business Economics is the 130th most popular major in the country with 5,667 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 132 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in business economics. That schools that top this list have a program in business economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The business economics 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree business economics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s business economics degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bentley is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 28 bachelors’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nichols College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region. Nichols is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dudley, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region. Suffolk University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Bennington College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region list. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 1 bachelors’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Albertus Magnus College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Brown University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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