2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Virginia

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In 2020-2021, 56,042 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,399 and had an average of $26,389 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 1,459 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,680 and $31,789 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Virginia

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

#8 overall quality in Virginia

$60,953 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 120 masters’s general business degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Virginia Commonwealth University

2

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

#5 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Business Major in Virginia list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at George Mason University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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