2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate 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 “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 313,362 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 1,128 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,510 and $39,960 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing 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 nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$111,435 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s nursing degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nursing at GWU

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$135,393 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia. Catholic University of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340.

Read full report on Nursing at CUA

#3

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. Georgetown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

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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.

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