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2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

6 Ranked Colleges
483 Degrees Awarded
$29,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Registered Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 259,493 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across District of Columbia, there were 817 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 483 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in registered nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great registered nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the registered nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree registered nursing students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in District of Columbia

#1

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s registered nursing students in 2019-2020.

Trinity College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend Trinity Washington University is $14,396 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students.

Full Trinity Washington University Registered Nursing Report

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 32 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard also took the #4 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard University is $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students.

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

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#3

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Global Region. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private for-profit school awarded 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s registered nursing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree registered nursing students list, Strayer University - Global Region has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $22,944 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree registered nursing students per year to attend Strayer University - Global Region.

Read more about Registered Nursing at Strayer University - Global Region

#4

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s registered nursing degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree registered nursing students list, CUA has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CUA is $34,230 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#5

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 303 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend George Washington University is $33,719 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree registered nursing students.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full GWU Registered Nursing Report

#6

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Georgetown University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia ranking. Georgetown University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 26 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgetown University is $28,909 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Registered Nursing at Georgetown

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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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