2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

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General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 774 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,217 and $27,357 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.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree general business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Danbury, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

WestConn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Connecticut State University are $26,477, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. 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.

Post University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k)

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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