2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 774 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Connecticut

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 149 students in 2019-2020.

Post University also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Post University

#2

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,477 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. This medium-sized school is located in Danbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 30 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our connecticut master’s degree general business students list, WestConn has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western Connecticut State University are $26,477.

Full Western Connecticut State University General Business/Commerce Report

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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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