2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia” ranking.

Other Health Professions is the 100th most popular major in the country with 7,767 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,856 and had an average of $27,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 7 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,233 and $27,625 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other health professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other health professions 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 Health Professions Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia associate degree health professions students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for George Washington University is $33,719 for district of columbia associate degree health professions 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full George Washington University Other Health Professions Report

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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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