2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health 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 Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health at George Washington University

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 1 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgetown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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