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2023 Best Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region

11 Colleges
$53,313 Avg Salary
$20,424 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce School for You

General Business/Commerce is the #31 most popular major in the country with 9,137 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best General Business/Commerce Schools in the New England Region

Check out the general business programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best General Business/Commerce Schools

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great place for general business/commerce students. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for general business/commerce students. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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University of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general business/commerce students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general business/commerce students. It came in at #7 on the list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well on this year’s best schools for general business/commerce students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Western Connecticut State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region list. WestConn is a small public school located in the small city of Danbury.

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#10

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Post University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general business/commerce students. It came in at #10 on the list. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Waterbury.

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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 399
Connecticut 234
Rhode Island 7
New Hampshire 113

One of 20 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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