2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Virginia, there were 1,590 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general business/commerce program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia”.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Virginia

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 147 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Virginia Commonwealth University

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 32 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full George Mason University General Business/Commerce 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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