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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. 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 Virginia, there were 1,590 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,700 and $30,058 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

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

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

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at GMU

#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,553 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. VCU is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 147 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228.

Full VCU General Business/Commerce Report

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