2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. 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.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business & Commerce
Our 2023 rankings named Post University the best value school in the New England Region for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.
Post University graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WPI are $29,040 a 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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Out of the 9 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 large city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Northeastern also is in the top 15% of our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
MIT graduate students pay an average of $58,967 in tuition and fees each year.
MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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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.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $23,510 per year.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also claimed a spot on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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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.
NEC graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. UNH is a 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.
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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 #8 on the list. WestConn is a small public school located in the small city of Danbury.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WestConn are $26,477 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Request InformationBest General Business/Commerce Colleges by State
Explore the best general business/commerce colleges 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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Majors Related to General Business
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.
- 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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