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2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$15,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 750 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,350 and $38,264 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 181 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health 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 public health program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgetown University is $8,678 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 full report on Public Health at Georgetown

#2

George Washington University

Washington, 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 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GWU is $17,924 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Read more about Public Health at GWU

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 84 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2019-2020.

The American University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $22,578 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend American University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Health at The American University

#4

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Gallaudet also took the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Gallaudet University is $11,205 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students whose families make $30-$48k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Public Health at Gallaudet

#5

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of the District of Columbia is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.

University of the District of Columbia also took the #5 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of the District of Columbia is $16,429 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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