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

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 Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Michigan, there were 948 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,245 and $25,904 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

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

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

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$126,206 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 91 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Michigan State

#2

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$17,448 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$77,401 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. This large school is located in Allendale, Michigan, and it awarded 68 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree general business students list, GVSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GVSU are $17,448, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at GVSU

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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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