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DC-area biz schools rank high for post-graduation pay

A Virginia school ranked No. 1 in a recent top-10 list for best average postgraduate pay for business school students. Another Virginia school followed close behind, along with George Washington University and Georgetown University.

Business advice company , using data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, puts the University of Virginia in Charlottesville at the top of the list with a one-year post-graduation business course alumni earning an average $88,048. That figure jumped to an average $112,758 after four years.

That puts UVA’s Darden School at 93% above the national one-year average, and 87% above the four-year average.

George Washington University’s School of Business ranks No. 5, at an average $58,070 one year out of school and $101,930 after four years.

Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, ranks No. 7, with an average one-year post-grad salary of $63,631 and $98,403 after four years.

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business ranks No. 8 at $82,850 and $94,935.

Graduates of the top seven business schools have average earnings of more than $100,000 four years after graduation.

Below is the complete top 10 list, courtesy Venture Smarter:

Jeff Clabaugh

Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ newsroom staff in January 2016.

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