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2023 Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

4 Schools Ranked
$29,615 Avg Student Debt

With all the business programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones had the most popular online graduate certificate programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia
273 Total Awards
$15,135 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Strayer University - Global Region to be the most popular school for business students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 273 students in 2020-2021.

Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.

If you are interested in distance education, Strayer University - Global Region is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
221 Total Awards
$32,904 Average Tuition & Fees
$29,615 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in District of Columbia. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 221 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $29,615 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 55% were women.

Around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
65 Total Awards
$38,456 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at American University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 65 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 51% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 39% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Strayer University - District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia
8 Total Awards
$15,135 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Strayer University - District of Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the very small private for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.

Strayer University - District of Columbia is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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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%.

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