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2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England 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 “Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business/Managerial Economics is the 110th most popular major in the country with 6,169 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, business/managerial economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,084 and had an average of $21,728 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 226 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,800 and $26,792 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 190 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in business/managerial economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/managerial economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the business/managerial economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree managerial economics students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the New England Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s managerial economics degrees to qualified students.

UMaine Farmington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine Farmington is $14,548 for new england region bachelor’s degree managerial economics students.

Full UMaine Farmington Business/Managerial Economics Report

#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s managerial economics degrees to 92 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst is $22,501 for new england region bachelor’s degree managerial economics students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMass Amherst Business/Managerial Economics Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s managerial economics degrees to qualified students.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for new england region bachelor’s degree managerial economics students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine Business/Managerial Economics Report

#4

Nichols College

Dudley, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nichols College landed the #4 spot on the list. Nichols College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dudley, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nichols, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nichols is $27,721 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Managerial Economics students.

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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #5 spot on the list. Suffolk University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 20 bachelors’s managerial economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk University is $30,701 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Managerial Economics students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Business/Managerial Economics at Suffolk University

#6

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts

Bentley University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Bentley is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 40 bachelors’s managerial economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Bentley also made our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Bentley University is $38,986 for new england region bachelor’s degree managerial economics students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Business/Managerial Economics at Bentley 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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