2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 2,194 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$17,675 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gonzaga University landed the #1 spot on the list. Gonzaga is a medium-sized school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 56 masters’s general business degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gonzaga University are $17,675.

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#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

$31,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 5 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SPU are $31,896.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k)

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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