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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Maryland, there were 2,277 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,800 and $26,934 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 487 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Maryland

#1

Strayer University - Maryland

Suitland, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$20,749 Average Net Price

$49,731 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Maryland. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. Located in Suitland, Maryland, this small private for-profit school handed out 215 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Maryland also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Strayer University - Maryland is $20,749 for maryland bachelor’s degree general business students.

Full Strayer University - Maryland General Business/Commerce Report

#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$21,183 Average Net Price

$44,204 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland list. University of Baltimore is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 188 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland bachelor’s degree general business students list, UB has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $21,183 for maryland bachelor’s degree general business students per year to attend University of Baltimore.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at University of Baltimore

#3

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$27,954 Average Net Price

$49,344 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount St Mary’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 84 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland bachelor’s degree general business students list, The Mount has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Mount is $27,954 for maryland bachelor’s degree general business students.

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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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