2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in New Jersey

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New Jersey, there were 574 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,288 and $24,807 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in New Jersey

#1

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$21,729 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ramapo College of New Jersey. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey. This medium-sized school is located in Mahwah, New Jersey, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Ramapo College also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Ramapo College is $21,729 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree General Business students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Ramapo College of New Jersey

#2

Strayer University - New Jersey

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$22,054 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - New Jersey. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey list. This small school is located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - New Jersey also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. It costs about $22,054 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree General Business students per year to attend Strayer University - New Jersey.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Strayer University - New Jersey

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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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