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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region

8 Ranked Colleges
640 Degrees Awarded
$31,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Business Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 general business/commerce students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country.

Across the New England region, there were 3,544 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 640 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree general business students.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 149 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Post University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700.

Full Post University General Business/Commerce Report

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 156 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Northeastern

#3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Worcester Polytechnic Institute General Business/Commerce Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 58 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. WestConn is a medium-sized school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 30 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at WestConn are $26,477, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WestConn General Business/Commerce Report

#8 in overall quality

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 174 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree general business students list, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938.

Full Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network General Business/Commerce Report

#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Harvard University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 12 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree general business students list, Harvard has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Harvard University

#8

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 40 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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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