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2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$17,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Women's Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Women’s Studies is the 254th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across District of Columbia, there were 39 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in women’s studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality women’s studies 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 women’s studies 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 Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Studies (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 7 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, Georgetown has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgetown University is $5,248 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Women’s Studies at Georgetown

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s women’s studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, GWU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GWU is $17,614 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 students.

Full George Washington University Women’s Studies Report

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Women’s Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 14 bachelors’s women’s studies degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $28,432 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree women’s studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The American University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Women’s Studies at The American 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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