2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in District of Columbia

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General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 District of Columbia, there were 800 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,820 and $30,583 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree general business students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 3 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Catholic University of America

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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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