2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Finance is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 52,394 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across District of Columbia, there were 665 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in finance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent finance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the finance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Finance in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. The American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree finance students list, The American University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Finance at The American University

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 104 masters’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Georgetown University Finance Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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