by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 56,042 general business/commerce students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country.
Across District of Columbia, there were 1,002 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 692 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general business/commerce. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general business/commerce program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree general business students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - District of Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 592 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #3 spot on the list. CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s general business degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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