If you pursue a bachelor's degree in general business/commerce, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #21 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 66 bachelor's degrees in general business/commerce during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general business/commerce students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general business/commerce students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt general business/commerce students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general business/commerce related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general business/commerce students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Business/Commerce Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Featured General Business/Commerce Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general business/commerce needs to take a look at University of Connecticut. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the general business program state that they receive average early career wages of $45,069.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).