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2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
293 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Business Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

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 General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,708 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 293 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Bloomsburg not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bloomsburg are $16,862, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Bloomsburg

#3

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 73 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

St. Joe’s also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Joseph’s University are $17,802, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at St. Joe’s

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Indiana, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

IUP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUP are $18,207, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 185 students in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Drexel University

#6

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Widener University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Widener University is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

Widener not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Widener are $24,810.

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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%.

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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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