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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$28,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general business/commerce was ranked #16 in the country. In fact 56,042 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for general business students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the general business master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Schools

#1

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

Our 2023 rankings named Youngstown State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the city of Youngstown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Youngstown State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full General Business/Commerce at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Indiana Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the Great Lakes Region . Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana Tech are $10,026 per year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Indiana Institute of Technology Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Grand Valley State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the Great Lakes Region . GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GVSU are $17,904 per year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Grand Valley State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Whitewater are $19,190 a year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general business/commerce programs. PFW is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at PFW are $14,830 per year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general business/commerce programs. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, IU Bloomington also is in the top 15% of our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

Indiana University - Southeast landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general business/commerce programs. Located in the suburb of New Albany, Indiana University - Southeast is a public school with a small student population.

Indiana University - Southeast graduate students pay an average of $18,592 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Southeast

With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - Kokomo did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Kokomo, IU Kokomo is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Kokomo are $18,592 per year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Kokomo Report

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,060
Ohio 581
Illinois 877
Indiana 5,774
Wisconsin 529

General Business/Commerce is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

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 18 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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