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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$29,889 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree 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 Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree 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. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for general business students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business & Commerce

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our analysis found Post University to be the best value school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Post University are $7,700 a year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

WPI graduate students pay an average of $29,040 in tuition and fees each year.

WPI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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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 Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

MIT graduate students pay an average of $58,967 in tuition and fees each year.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network graduate students pay an average of $23,510 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also did well on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full General Business/Commerce at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Report

#6

New England College

Henniker, NH

With a ranking of #6, New England College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NEC are $15,048 per year.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general business/commerce programs. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNH are $29,992 per year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Western Connecticut State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. WestConn is a small public school located in the city of Danbury.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WestConn are $26,477 per year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Western Connecticut State University

#9

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard also took the #5 spot in our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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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 9 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich.

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