2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 7,984 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other health professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in District of Columbia

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 6 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Georgetown Other Health Professions Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 1 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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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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.

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