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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region

8 Ranked Colleges
640 Degrees Awarded
$31,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Business Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the New England region, there were 3,544 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,096 and $23,139 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 640 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Post University is a private for-profit institution located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 149 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree general business students list, Post University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 156 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree general business students list, Northeastern has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558.

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#3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree general business students list, UNH has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Western Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 30 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Connecticut State University are $26,477, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 174 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Harvard University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719.

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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%.

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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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