I never heard that this school (which used, I think, to be the Department of Agriculture Graduate School) gave out any degrees. Having said that, you are corre

I never heard that this school (which used, I think, to be the Department of Agriculture Graduate School) gave out any degrees. Having said that, you are correct about Washington, DC. Part of it, I think, is the rules around government contracting: if I can bill John Doe, B.A., for $x/hour, I can probably bill Richard Roe, M.S. for $(x+y)/hour or John O'Nokes, Ph.D. for $(x+y+z)/hour. The government contractors also can offer tuition reimbursement for their employees, untaxed, if the classes "maintain and improve" skills for the job then held.