by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 931 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,015 and $25,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in education. That schools that top this list have a program in education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree education students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Trinity College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia list. Gallaudet University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia list. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Howard University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in District of Columbia ranking. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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