2023 Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree School for You
General Business/Commerce is the #16 most popular major in the country with 56,042 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region
Check out the general business master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Business & Commerce
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in the New England Region . WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best 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 large city of Boston.
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Out of the 9 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. 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 New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general business/commerce programs. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.
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Western Connecticut State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. WestConn is a small public school located in the city of Danbury.
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Post University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Waterbury.
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New England College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Request InformationBest 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 | 2,076 |
| Connecticut | 691 |
| New Hampshire | 291 |
| Maine | 75 |
| Rhode Island | 136 |
| Vermont | 96 |
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General Business/Commerce Related Rankings by Major
One of 21 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to General Business
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
| Accounting | 99,265 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
| Marketing | 52,916 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 43,382 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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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