2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 2,993 people earned their degree in general physiology, making the major the 229th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 248 general physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general physiology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general physiology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree general physiology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physiology in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in District of Columbia list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s general physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on General Physiology at Howard University

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general physiology degrees to 247 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Georgetown General Physiology Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physiology in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physiology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.