2024 Best Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #10 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 bachelor's degrees in education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt education students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for education students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Education Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Education in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in education.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in Education

1

American University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

American University is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in education. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in education from American University

1

Howard University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Howard University is a great choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in education. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Howard University

2

Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in education has to check out Trinity Washington University. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in education from Trinity Washington University

 

Best Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	37	3,896
New York	37	5,337
New Jersey	34	1,389
Maryland	33	1,049
Delaware	30	443

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	51
General Education	23
Teacher Education Subject Specific	2
Multilingual Education	1
Educational Administration	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.