2025 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you pursue a master's degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for business administration & management students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,746 master's degrees in business administration & management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Master's Degree

The business administration master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business administration & management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt business administration & management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business administration & management students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business Administration & Management in District of Columbia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business administration & management students seeking a a master's degree.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in Business Administration

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

401 Annual Graduates

$147,613 Median Starting Salary

Georgetown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management program at Georgetown University make $56,727 above the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

270 Annual Graduates

$125,591 Median Starting Salary

George Washington University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management program at George Washington University get $34,705 above the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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3

American University
Washington, DC

81 Annual Graduates

$99,051 Median Starting Salary

American University is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in business administration & management. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management program at American University make $8,165 above the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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4

Howard University
Washington, DC

87 Annual Graduates

$105,240 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in business administration & management has to look into Howard University. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Master's recipients from the business administration & management degree program at Howard University earn $14,354 more than the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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5

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

29 Annual Graduates

$70,993 Median Starting Salary

CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Students who graduate with their master's from the business administration program state that they receive average early career wages of $70,993.

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6

Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

12 Annual Graduates

$79,849 Median Starting Salary

Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Soon after graduation, business administration master's recipients usually make about $79,849 in their early careers.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	6,051
Pennsylvania	248	4,212
Maryland	193	3,128
New Jersey	188	2,407
Delaware	109	782

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	1,580
Project Management	76
Organizational Leadership	32
Interior Design Management	28
Supply Chain Management	20
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	8
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	480
Human Resource Management	255
Real Estate	211
Finance & Financial Management	162
Accounting	84
International Business	72
Marketing	28
Hospitality Management	23
Management Information Systems	14
Taxation	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.