2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you pursue a associate degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 25 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,254 associate degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & management students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business administration & management.

10 Top New England Region Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

917 Annual Graduates

$46,051 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you wish to pursue an associate degree in business administration & management. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

Business Administration & Management associate degree recipients from Southern New Hampshire University earn a boost of about $6,708 above the average earnings of business administration & management majors.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Southern New Hampshire University

2

Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA

56 Annual Graduates

$32,452 Median Starting Salary

Bristol Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Bristol is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Fall River.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $32,452 in their early career salary.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Bristol Community College

3

Middlesex Community College
Bedford, MA

125 Annual Graduates

$36,446 Median Starting Salary

Middlesex Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the suburb of Bedford, Middlesex Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn an average of $36,446 for their early career.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Middlesex Community College

4

Post University
Waterbury, CT

132 Annual Graduates

$52,463 Median Starting Salary

Post University is a wonderful decision for students interested in an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their associate degree from Post University earn $13,120 more than the average business administration student.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Post University

5

Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, MA

76 Annual Graduates

$42,028 Median Starting Salary

Quinsigamond Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the midsize city of Worcester.

Associate recipients from the business administration & management program at Quinsigamond Community College make $2,685 more than the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Quinsigamond Community College

6

Granite State College
Manchester, NH

11 Annual Graduates

GSC is a small public college located in the midsize city of Manchester.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Granite State College

7

Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, MA

104 Annual Graduates

$34,817 Median Starting Salary

BHCC is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Boston.

Students who graduate with their associate from the business administration program state that they receive average early career earnings of $34,817.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Bunker Hill Community College

8

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, ME

109 Annual Graduates

$32,052 Median Starting Salary

SMCC is a medium-sized public college located in the city of South Portland.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn around $32,052 in their early career salary.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Southern Maine Community College

9

Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, MA

49 Annual Graduates

$32,202 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Wellesley Hills, MassBay Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program make an average of $32,202 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Massachusetts Bay Community College

10

Nashua Community College
Nashua, NH

20 Annual Graduates

Nashua Community College is a small public college located in the city of Nashua.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Nashua Community College

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration & management schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	137	1,083
Connecticut	101	193
New Hampshire	80	951
Rhode Island	70	40
Maine	69	226
Vermont	58	27

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	2,214
Office Administration	33
Interior Design Management	6
Supply Chain Management	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	836
Accounting	772
Marketing	174
Hospitality Management	74
Management Information Systems	54
Business Support & Assistant Services	42
Finance & Financial Management	30
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	23
Construction Management	21
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	20

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.