2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value English Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General English Literature is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 213 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,533 and $22,726 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general English literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general English literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value English Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value English Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CUA General English Literature Report

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 2 doctorate’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General English Literature at Howard

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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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