by our College Data Analytics Team
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In 2020-2021, 20,665 people earned their degree in medicine, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States.
Across District of Columbia, there were 471 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 471 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Medicine Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in medicine. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their medicine program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Medicine Major in District of Columbia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Medicine 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 doctorate’s medicine degrees to 126 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Medicine Major in District of Columbia list. Georgetown University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 181 doctorate’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Medicine Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #3 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 164 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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