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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 2,194 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,838 and $24,151 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Washington

#1

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$17,675 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,112 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gonzaga University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 56 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gonzaga, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gonzaga are $17,675, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Gonzaga University

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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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