2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 386 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,700 and $22,825 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s biology students in 2019-2020.

Howard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Howard University General Biology Report

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s biology degrees to qualified students.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full George Washington University General Biology Report

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 5 doctorate’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also made our “Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Biology at Georgetown University

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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