2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

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With 55,749 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general business/commerce is the 9th most popular major in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 800 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 519 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and cost less that 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 Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree general business students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$17,924 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend GWU is $17,924 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree General Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$22,504 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 419 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Global Region also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Strayer University - Global Region is $22,504 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree general business students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$26,211 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general business students in 2019-2020.

CUA also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend CUA is $26,211 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree General Business students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Catholic University of America

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $30-$48k)

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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