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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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

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

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. This fairly large school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 149 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Post University

#2

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,477 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. This medium-sized school is located in Danbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 30 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WestConn are $26,477, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Western Connecticut State University

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

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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