2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s 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 Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 774 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,650 and $25,787 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 379 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$41,289 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students per year to attend Howard.

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

Read full report on Engineering at Howard

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$34,230 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 106 students in 2019-2020.

CUA also made our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $34,230 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students per year to attend CUA.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Full Catholic University of America Engineering Report

#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 170 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students per year to attend GWU.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at George 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

• *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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