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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$27,191 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business, management and marketing was the most popular one in District of Columbia. In total, 3,850 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in District of Columbia.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing

Our analysis found Strayer University - Global Region to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Strayer University - Global Region are $15,135 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Strayer University - District of Columbia is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - District of Columbia is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at George Washington University Report

#4

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#5

Howard University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Howard are $34,326 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Howard is ranked #5 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in District of Columbia.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Howard University Report

Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 15,641
Pennsylvania 10,239
Maryland 5,708
New Jersey 4,113
Delaware 1,257

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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