2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is the 181st most popular major in the country with 4,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across District of Columbia, there were 67 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent higher education/higher education administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the higher education/higher education administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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