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2023 Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region

12 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the New England Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Business/Commerce program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Business/Commerce Colleges.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Post University the most popular school in the New England Region for general business/commerce students. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Waterbury.

Full General Business/Commerce at Post University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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Out of the 12 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

Full General Business/Commerce at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

The excellent programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in the New England Region . MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general business/commerce students. It came in at #6 on the list. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

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#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Business & Commerce Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Western Connecticut State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general business/commerce students. It came in at #8 on the list. WestConn is a small public school located in the city of Danbury.

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University of Rhode Island landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general business/commerce programs. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.

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#10

New England College

Henniker, NH

New England College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general business/commerce students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at New England College

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 12 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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