2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” 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.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dentistry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The dentistry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s dentistry degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

Credits

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

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