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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 416,590 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, business administration and management is the 2nd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, business administration and management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,927 and had an average of $25,277 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 2,564 business administration and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,560 and $27,511 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,001 business administration and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in business administration and management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their business administration and management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree business administration students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 1,065 masters’s business administration degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s business administration students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - District of Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s business administration degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 364 masters’s business administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s business administration students in 2020-2021.
Full Trinity Washington University Business Administration & Management Report
George Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia ranking, coming in at #6. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 309 masters’s business administration degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
American University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 126 diplomas to qualified masters’s business administration students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Business Administration & Management at American University
Gallaudet University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s business administration degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Catholic University of America ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s business administration degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of the District of Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia ranking, coming in at #10. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business administration degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of the District of Columbia
Howard University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Business Administration Major in District of Columbia ranking. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 28 masters’s business administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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