2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 774 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,217 and $27,357 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 149 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Post University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700.

Full Post University General Business/Commerce Report

#2

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,477 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 30 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Connecticut State University are $26,477, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at WestConn

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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