by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 977,800 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, health professions is the 2nd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,927 and had an average of $20,846 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 3,939 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,136 and $23,331 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 908 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their health professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 463 bachelors’s 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia list. Howard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 108 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Catholic University of America Health Professions Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #5 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 82 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
University of the District of Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of the District of Columbia Health Professions Report
Georgetown University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia ranking, coming in at #7. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Gallaudet University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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.
Strayer University - Global Region landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in District of Columbia ranking. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 4 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Global Region Health Professions Report
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