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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$37,956 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,610 Avg Salary

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

General Business/Commerce is the #15 most popular major in Massachusetts with 2,076 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. 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.

The Best Value Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business & Commerce

Our 2023 rankings named Worcester Polytechnic Institute the best value school in Massachusetts for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WPI are $29,040 a year.

WPI also claimed a spot on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northeastern also claimed a spot on our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Northeastern University

A rank of #3 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 in-state tuition and fees each year.

MIT also made our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A rank of #4 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 large city of Boston.

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

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

#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

Harvard also made our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #2.

Full General Business/Commerce at Harvard University Report

Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 691
New Hampshire 291
Maine 75
Rhode Island 136
Vermont 96

One of 21 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 5 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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