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2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$27,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Gallaudet University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gallaudet, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $14,595 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students with aid per year to attend Gallaudet.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Public Health at Gallaudet University

#2

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 8 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students with aid list, University of the District of Columbia has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of the District of Columbia is $15,894 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree public health students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Public Health at University of the District of Columbia

#3

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgetown is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 24 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgetown University is $28,909 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Health at Georgetown

#4

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #4 spot on the list. 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 84 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend American University is $43,451 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Public Health at The American University

#5

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #5 spot on the list. George Washington University 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Health 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 Public Health students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full GWU Public Health 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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