by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Business/Commerce is the 16th most popular major in the country with 56,042 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,399 and had an average of $26,389 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 3,482 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,313 and $20,424 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 704 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general business/commerce.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region list. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 202 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 142 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network General Business/Commerce Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region. UNH is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 105 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 38 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 141 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Western Connecticut State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region ranking. Western Connecticut State University is a public institution located in Danbury, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region ranking. MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New England College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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Harvard University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in the New England Region ranking. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 22 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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