2023 Most Well Attended Health Science Major in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Health Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 35,945 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Health Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health sciences and services. To top this list, a school must have a successful health sciences and services program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended 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 Popular 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Health Science Major in District of Columbia list. Trinity College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 64 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Trinity Washington University 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 Most Well Attended Health Science Major 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 ’s health science degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services 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

• *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.