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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the <nil> to help you in your search for the best school for you.
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.
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Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia
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Our rankings named Strayer University - District of Columbia the best value school in District of Columbia for business students working on their graduate certificate. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a very small private for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Strayer University - District of Columbia are $15,135 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, Strayer University - District of Columbia is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Strayer University - District of Columbia also made our list, coming in at #4.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 221 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $29,615 in loans while pursuing their degree.
GWU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 37% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
GWU also took the #1 spot in our rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at American University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 65 students in 2020-2021.
The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at The American University. In fact, around 39% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The American University also took the #2 spot in our rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #4 on our list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Howard are $34,326 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Howard. During the 2019-2020 year, about 24% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Howard also made our list, coming in at #3.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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