Massachusetts contains 95 schools that offer business and finance programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking business and finance school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.
Of the 95 business and finance schools in Massachusetts, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr), with Southeastern Technical Institute as the lowest recorded at only $7,460/yr.
Business and Finance students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become business and finance professionals, event planners, web developers, SEOs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,063,670 people working as business and financial operations employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,900. Also, Wholesale and retail buyers make on average $55,480 per year and there are about 116,900 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 3,760 employed wholesale and retail buyers earning an average yearly salary of $59,230. Business and financial operations employees in this state earn $76,990/yr and there are 168,070 employed.
Also, within the business and finance schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from business and finance, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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