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Highest earning master's business administration programs in Massachusetts
Massachusetts business administration programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $147,168 | 41 |
| 2 | Babson College | Wellesley | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $145,036 | 290 |
| 3 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Amherst | Public, 4-year | $128,746 | 338 |
| 4 | Bentley University | Waltham | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $117,787 | 98 |
| 5 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $114,773 | 223 |
| 6 | Boston University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $110,558 | 340 |
| 7 | Harvard University | Cambridge | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $103,400 | 107 |
| 8 | Simmons University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $99,762 | 43 |
| 9 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Lowell | Public, 4-year | $95,192 | 200 |
| 10 | Brandeis University | Waltham | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $89,111 | 37 |
| 11 | Suffolk University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $88,668 | 106 |
| 12 | Assumption University | Worcester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $82,054 | 63 |
| 13 | Curry College | Milton | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $81,692 | 32 |
| 14 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | Public, 4-year | $80,528 | 118 |
| 15 | Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public, 4-year | $76,664 | 430 |
| 16 | Endicott College | Beverly | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $75,860 | 139 |
| 17 | Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $73,302 | 125 |
| 18 | Cambridge College | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $68,383 | 52 |
| 19 | Nichols College | Dudley | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $66,848 | 86 |
| 20 | Northeastern University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $64,718 | 90 |
| 21 | Hult International Business School | Cambridge | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $63,891 | 64 |
| 22 | Clark University | Worcester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $63,136 | 69 |
| 23 | Eastern Nazarene College | Quincy | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $59,408 | 43 |
| 24 | Merrimack College | North Andover | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $56,058 | 42 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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