Employment and Graduation Rates
Employment Rates
New England College of Business and Finance has had a rich history of partnering with corporations. The student recruiting model for the past 100 years at NECB has been based on the partnership model, where students come from a position of employment to take courses to improve their current positions.
Ninety percent (90%) of the students who completed their program and graduated by June 30, 2011 are employed, with ten percent (10%) for whom information could not be obtained.
The most recent survey of active students in the fall of 2011 revealed that 92% of the respondents were gainfully employed.
Employment statistics of the June 2011 graduating class by program are shown below:
| Degree Program | % Employed | % Information could not be obtained |
| Associate in Science in Business Administration (ASBA) | 95 % | 5 % |
| Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) | 92 % | 8 % |
| Master of Science in Business Ethics and Compliance (MBE) | 86 % | 14 % |
| Master of Science in Finance (MSF) | 75 % | 25 % |
| Professional Development Certificates | 75 % | 25 % |
| Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA) | New program; no statistics yet available. First graduating class will be June 2012. | |
Graduation Rates
Of the 2007 cohort of active part-time and full-time Associate in Science in Business Administration (ASBA) students, forty percent graduated by December of 2010. Of the 2008 cohort of active part-time and full-time Associate in Science in Business Administration (ASBA) students, forty percent graduated by December of 2011.*
In 2009, New England College of Business and Finance was granted authority to award the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA). Graduation data, based on the 150% timeframe to complete the degree, will not be available until the 2009 cohort graduates in 2015.*
Of the students who started their Master of Business Ethics and Compliance (MBE) program between January 5th 2009 and February 16th 2009, 73% graduated within 150% their start time. Of the students who started their Master of Business Ethics and Compliance (MBE) program between March 30th 2009 and January 4th 2010, 79% graduated within 150% their start time.*
Of the students who started their Master of Finance (MSF) program between January 5th 2009 and February 16th 2009, 67% graduated within 150% their start time. Of the students who started their Master of Finance (MSF) program between March 30th 2009 and January 4th 2010, 59% graduated within 150% their start time.*
In 2010, New England College of Business and Finance was granted authority to award the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The first cohort of students began the program in January 2011. The first graduating class will be in June 2012.
* Due to the nature of the student body (90 - 95% percent are employed full-time) this data represents a 150% timeframe to complete the degree.
