2021 Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in general business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best General Business/Commerce Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the general business programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best General Business/Commerce Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Northeastern University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional general business/commerce students. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Northeastern has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.5% of Northeastern students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,987 students at Northeastern that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,267 part time students in attendance at Northeastern.
Westfield State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Westfield is a small public school located in the large suburb of Westfield. Westfield also made our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region list, coming in at #6.
About 1.3% of Westfield students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,052 students take at least one class online at Westfield. About 1,138 of the students at Westfield are attending part time.
Eastern Connecticut State University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. ECSU is a small public school located in the fringe town of Willimantic. ECSU also made our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region list, coming in at #7.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. There are approximately 282 students at ECSU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 769 part time students in attendance at ECSU.
Framingham State University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public school with a small student population. Framingham State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region list.
About 2.3% of Framingham State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,621 of Framingham State students are exclusively distance learners. 1,657 students are part time.
Plymouth State University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public college with a small student population.
The student loan default rate at Plymouth State is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,045 students at Plymouth State that take at least one class online. About 479 of the students at Plymouth State are attending part time.
University of Connecticut comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
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 the rest 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).
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