2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. 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 New York, there were 2,350 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,050 and $23,442 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in New York

#1

The Graduate Center, CUNY

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$23,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

The Graduate Center also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The Graduate Center, CUNY are $23,640.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at The Graduate Center, CUNY

#2

Niagara University

Niagara University, New York

#1 in overall quality

$14,893 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,358 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Niagara is a private not-for-profit institution located in Niagara University, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 99 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Niagara not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Niagara are $14,893, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Niagara University

#3

LIM College

New York, New York

#3 in overall quality

$24,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIM College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York. LIM is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

LIM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at LIM are $24,640, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at LIM

#4

St. Francis College

Brooklyn Heights, New York

#4 in overall quality

$16,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Francis College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Located in Brooklyn Heights, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

SFC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Francis College are $16,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at St. Francis College

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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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