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Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$34,293 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,362 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, general business/commerce students earned 1,002 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for general business students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Business & Commerce

Our 2023 rankings named Strayer University - Global Region the best value school in District of Columbia for general business/commerce students working on their bachelor’s degree. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Strayer University - Global Region undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, general business graduates from Strayer University - Global Region take out $46,080 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $121.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Strayer University - District of Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Strayer University - District of Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, general business majors at Strayer University - District of Columbia accumulate an average of around $46,080 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $121.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year. The average amount in student loans that general business majors at GWU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,377.

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

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Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the # 4 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CUA are $52,156 a year.

CUA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,394
New York 2,314
Maryland 2,294
New Jersey 676
Delaware 64

General Business/Commerce is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).
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