2023 Most Focused Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Health Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 182 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,177 and $22,667 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Health Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health sciences and services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Health Science Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia health science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in District of Columbia

1

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

$52,904 Average Early-Career Earnings

$32,669 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Health Science Major in District of Columbia. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 64 ’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Trinity College Health Sciences & Services Report

2

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

$50,572 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,989 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Health Science Major in District of Columbia list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 31 ’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Howard 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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 Sandra M. Palumbo.