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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$31,601 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree School for You

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in District of Columbia with 2,104 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in District of Columbia to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Check out the business administration master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business Administration & Management

Our 2023 rankings named University of the District of Columbia the best value school in District of Columbia for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of the District of Columbia are $10,094 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Global Region is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Strayer University - Global Region is a large private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Strayer University - Global Region graduate students pay an average of $15,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Strayer University - Global Region Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Trinity College graduate students pay an average of $14,850 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Trinity College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#5

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Georgetown University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 per year.

Georgetown also made our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #1.

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#6

American University

Washington, DC

American University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

The American University also made our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #3.

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#7

Howard University

Washington, DC

Howard University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. Located in the large city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Howard are $34,326 per year.

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Strayer University - District of Columbia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - District of Columbia are $15,135 a year.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Strayer University - District of Columbia

Catholic University of America landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree business administration and management programs. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CUA are $51,630 per year.

CUA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 6,358
Pennsylvania 4,564
Maryland 3,310
New Jersey 2,593
Delaware 823

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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