2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Dentistry is the 108th most popular major in the country with 6,614 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dentistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $98,613 and had an average of $247,099 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 66 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,000 and $299,503 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dentistry 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 dentistry 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree dentistry students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 66 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dentistry students in 2019-2020.

Howard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry (Income $48-$75k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.

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