International Business is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #66 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of international business. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 179 bachelor's degrees in international business during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on international business students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other international business students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for international business to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international business related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for international business students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best International Business Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study International Business in Massachusetts
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in international business.
Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in International Business
Northeastern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in international business. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.
Those international business students who get their bachelor's degree from Northeastern University earn $13,054 more than the average international business student.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in international business. Maritime is a small public school located in the large suburb of Buzzards Bay.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the international business program make around $54,741 in the first couple years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
