2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

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 For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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 year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree general business students whose families make $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

$73,112 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 private not-for-profit institution located in Spokane, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Gonzaga did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gonzaga are $17,675, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Gonzaga

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

$31,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

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. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 5 students 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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