10 Best Mba Programs In Washington, DC (2022 Updated)

Not an MBA. Not accredited. (Important!) The Busch School of Business and CUA need to seriously reconsider allowing this program to be a Master of Science or else CUA Degrees can not be taken seriously. My background consists of taking as many college credits in high school over study halls, taking an additional 30 credits over the minimum required for an Associates of Science at my Community College, and finishing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University with extra credits and student research experiences. I was all set to return to Clarkson to attend their Accredited one-year MBA when I came across the MSBA a few months before class was set to start. This program is sold to students with varying backgrounds in many different ways. It was sold to me by the staff (who posses a good bit of sales background) as direct competitor to an Accredited MBA. I enrolled based upon the hard sell of this being a direct competitors and possibly better than an MBA. Big mistake. Their main target is Music Performance Majors and English Majors. This program is great for students with those types of backgrounds. Not for students who came from heavy math, science, and problem solving backgrounds. In this "Master of Science" you will take: -High school Accounting 1 -High school Excel Basics -High school Statics -High school word problem solving and unit conversion Get the gist by now? It's all classes I more than covered in high school by taking electives instead of study-halls. -Intro to Marketing -Business Law (A genuinely interesting and fun class which was my favorite as it offered a challenge and a time for argument with regards to U.S. law) -Case studies of various Corporations about how they rose to the top (Another favorite. Except for the in-class movies. This is supposed to be a Master of Science) Now to cover the cost to me (yes, me personally) to attend this program: Costs: MSBA – $45,000 + $1,600 interest accrued in 1 yr Rent Sept – June – $14,000 METRO & Food – $3,000 Turning down job offer to attend MSBA – $65,000 Total = ~$130,000 I am $130,000 behind all my friends who I graduated with in Electrical Engineering. In contrast the Clarkson MBA total cost would've been $25,000 for tuition, rent, and food. Total of $90,000 including the job offer I would've turned down. To take this program meant going down to DC. Which was fun for a year. The program being quite easy left plenty of free time to go out and explore. Lastly, to get any serious resume interest, job interviews, and finally a job offer: I had to REMOVE the MSBA program from my resume. As soon I as I removed this program from my resume potential work opportunities greatly increased. Once I was able to get an offer on my own, without the help of this program, I'm right back at the same $ offer before wasting a year of my time. Best advice, find an Accredited program. Do not waste your time, money, and job offers to take this program as I did. Good luck! Also, half these reviews are from the faculty & staff who teach, run, and recruit for the program.Joe Frissora

The Busch School is an amazing place that has allowed me to pursue my passions, grow my faith, and gain experience that I couldn't gain anywhere else. A truly amazing school that cares about each individual student and goes out of their way to help each student as best as they can. A fast-paced and innovative school located in the heart of the nation's capital, what more could you ask for?Michelle Seals

The Busch School at The Catholic University of American allows me to recognize my potential as a young business leader and strengthen and learn new skills. This business school is unlike any other, in which the commitment to upholding business ethics is highly valued, as well as being an effective business leader.Emily Law

I participated in the Grant Proposal Writing Workshop at BAU International University in November 2018. I am very grateful for this wonderful opportunity to learn from the experts in the field how to write successful grant proposals to secure external funding for various purposes. The ability to write such proposals is an important skill required by Universities, NGOs, and other organizations. That is why I was so excited to participate in the workshop. I can say that it was worth every single minute of it. I really enjoyed the professionalism of the presenters, the warm and friendly atmosphere of the BAU University, the perfect organization of the event, and how informative and useful the workshop turned out to be. Thank you once again to the organizers. I would highly recommend this workshop to everyone interested in acquiring this important skill.Yuliya Brel-Fournier

I attended the "How to write a grant proposal" workshop at BAU University in November 2018. It is a great opportunity to learn from practitioners with substantial experience in grant writing and implementation both at domestic and international level. I received a lot of hands-on experience, together with a great volume of online resources that are necessary in designing a successful grant project. The interactive approach of the workshop allowed for a lot of sessions of Q&A so that students' needs are immediately covered.Cristina Stanica

Attended an inspiring Ribbon Cutting event for Can I Live, Inc. President of BAU is a Woman who is supportive of Enterprising Women of Color. Congratulations on a beautiful partnership. 💫🎯👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏾👭🏻👩🏻‍🤝‍👩🏿👭🏿. We rule the world.Viviana de Jesús

One of the worst place for your career, I completed my Master from here as an International student, they just love money flow, no punctual classes and professors, non of their curriculum going to help you in your field. Another thing is when you are into the United States as an International Student, then you have to be very careful with college and DSO and this college is giving totally daam care about DSO service, I faced no response for emails, no urgent care of student cases, Even I don't want to give one start but I don't have option.Pradip Lamsal

If you just care for a degree and not education come, sadly the majority of the professors of MBA are lazy and don’t teach at all. You have to do plenty of assignments (sometimes even 6per week) reading 3 chapters of the assigned book and almost complete the book in 2 months that are the duration of the courses. You have to purchase online plataforms to self educate you in certain Math related classes. So at the end you get the title related to how hard you work self educating yourself. I wish I knew this before enroll.Picture Phone

Stay away from Zola especially if you are an International student whenever you ask her about something she’s going to mention your I 20 and your student visa trying to scare you. And when I try to take a vacation to see my family their response was we think you have Homesick problem we recommend you see a doctor we will not give you the vacation or stop studying and you back to your Country!!khaled Talafha

(Translated by Google) Unique experience. Know that today we are increasingly generating prosperity and inclusion for people with disabilities. #ladiscapacitynonoslimitatuactitudsi (Original) Experiencia única. Saber que hoy en dia cada vez somos más en generar prosperidad e inclusion a las personas con discapacidad. #ladiscapacidadnonoslimitatuactitudsiDaniurka Gonzalez

Great study space, lots of open areas and well-lit with natural lighting. There are little rooms good for group study too but it can be hard to snag one. The Fischer Colloquium is a lovely event venue as well. The only downside is that there isn't really a food option in here unless you're okay with vending machines.L. Zhǎngsūn Brown

The new Cooper Field stadium opened in time for the Harvard football game. Lovely stands, lovely restrooms, not enough concession sites. No one selling caps or apparel. Campus looks terrific.Jesse Cantrill

I am a current student at Trinity Washington University and I definitely don’t feel the same way about this school, as i did a few months ago when I started. The school isn’t the worst but I would not say that you get the feeling of a good college experience. I am currently thinking about transferring to another school. So that I don’t create a long review for others to read I will give a bullet overview of what does on/why i want to leave: – The administration as a whole are not very cooperative, nor do they know how to really help you. Advisors just repeat the same information that you could have found in the Trinity website. – The food is NOT good. I have seen dining hall workers take food from the dining hall and take it over to the deli which is one building away and charge more for it. They give you a better sandwich if your using flex dollars, but they give a basic sandwich if your using your meal plan. – Security is not consistent, they pretty much let anyone on campus and don’t ask the necessary questions before having a car proceed to drop off/pick up or parking. – There are no water fountains in the freshman dorm, which i feel is a health hazard. I feel, if they can get a dollar out of me then they will. It’s either $1.25 – 1.75 for a bottle of water in the freshman building, and Laundry is $1.50 to dry and another $1.50 to dry. My first semester of freshman year it was clear that the dean didn’t like my professor so she would try and get us to say things negating about her, she would observe her teaching more than i’ve ever seen, and before the second semester was to start she quit. Trinity is nice in the brochures, and online, but if you come here you will soon realize unfortunately everything is not as it seems.ANNA

I really thought coming to this school I was going to thrive and get my degree. However after coming here my experience is bad, the counselors here don't know how to help you. There are multiple things I could say about this school, however simply put this school is horrible. After barely finishing my first year here, I have fallen into a deep state of depression. Do not go here unless you live off campus, and even then make sure it is your last option .I have been going here and am finally about to transfer to Montgomery college just to get away from this school. Please listen and do not go here.n Jjo

I have nothing nice at all to say about this awful school. Well, the professors are good and caring. The school administration is the worst! although I am only a few semesters away from graduating with a 3.8 GPA or better, I absolutely regret going here. I wish I could change my alma mater. I am ashamed of being a "soon to be" graduate from this school. I will NEVER recommend this place to a prospective student. I have NO desire to ever participate in any Trinity related alum activities… If they ever reach out to me, I will do all I can to NOT use profanity when saying "HELL NO!"Xavier Hodge

I have very talented colleagues and friends who graduated from Georgetown University, so I always wanted to visit this school. The campus is very beautiful, especially with the fall foliage. It’s a nice half-day trip to visit the university, the shopping area (mainly on M Street), the canal and the waterfront park. The football field is a bit small, but overall, it’s a beautiful campus!Da-Wang Wu

I love seeing this campus from the walking across the key bridge but this time I decided to visit the local university near me. It was very classic and historical campus. Nice grounds and great castle like halls. Love going to TedEx talks at this university as well. Great campus and good university. Come explore the campus if you are in the Georgetown area!Brian Copes

I do not come to school here but it's a must place to visit and see in person!!! The buildings are so beautiful and massive. It's breathtaking. The surrending place to grab food is amazing and you can bring it back and either sit in the rocking chairs or picnic tables they have or bring a blanket and lay under a tree and relax!! It's so nice!!lilian gonzalez

GWSB is amazing! The professors are extremely accomplished, smart and approachable! There are many opportunities for you to develop yourself professionally and many student org to develop your passion. The advising office is a hot mess, but you the career offices are fantastic!Brian Lee

Have very loud fans in the 1st floor. The classes are so small. There are too many chairs and students in the small classes. A class is separated with a very thin wall that the other lecturer's voice can be heard in the other class…Negar Mk

Business school wasn't even credited 4 years ago. Immature, profit seeking program with irresponsible and unprofessional staff.cat wu