2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 29 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full CUA Secondary Education Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 17 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Secondary Education at GWU

3

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching 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 2 masters’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.

Read full report on Secondary Education at The American University

4

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard Secondary Education Report

4

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #4 spot on the list. Trinity Washington University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at Trinity Washington 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

• *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.

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