by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 11,319 people earned their degree in entrepreneurial studies, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,578 and had an average of $25,632 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 363 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,847 and $19,990 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurial studies. That schools that top this list have a program in entrepreneurial studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purchase College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York list. Purchase College is a small school located in Purchase, New York that handed out 7 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s entrepreneurship degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s entrepreneurship students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 4 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s entrepreneurship degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
St John’s University - New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York ranking. St John’s University - New York is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 1 masters’s entrepreneurship 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%.
SUNY Old Westbury landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York ranking. SUNY Old Westbury is a small school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 0 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
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University at Buffalo did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Entrepreneurship Major in New York ranking, coming in at #7. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 0 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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