2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Ranked #1 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,508 bachelor's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business, management & marketing program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

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

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business, management & marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business, management & marketing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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 easy is it for business, management & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business, management & marketing related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Business, Management & Marketing Schools

The business, management & marketing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in District of Columbia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for business, management & marketing students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

558 Annual Graduates

Georgetown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

485 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing has to take a look at George Washington University. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from George Washington University

3

American University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

342 Annual Graduates

American University is a good decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from American University

4

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

198 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at Catholic University of America. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Catholic University of America

5

Howard University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

258 Annual Graduates

Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Howard University

6

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

89 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from University of the District of Columbia

7

Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in business, management & marketing from Trinity Washington University

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	37	18,667
New York	37	25,276
New Jersey	34	9,553
Maryland	33	6,444
Delaware	30	1,599

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	762
General Business/Commerce	501
Finance & Financial Management	464
Accounting	183
Marketing	173
International Business	156
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	122
Other Business, Management & Marketing	45
Management Information Systems	37
Human Resource Management	30

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar. More about our data sources and methodologies.