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2022 Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
165 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General History is the 24th most popular major in the country with 31,630 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across District of Columbia, there were 226 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 165 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general history 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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Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General History (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k 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 general history degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $5,248 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree General History students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Georgetown University.

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

Full Georgetown University General History Report

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

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 General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 68 bachelors’s general history degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $17,614 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree general history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend GWU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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 88%.

Read full report on General History at GWU

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k list. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree general history students whose families make $0-$30k list, The American University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for American University is $28,432 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree general history students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. 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 General History at American University

#4

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #4 spot on the list. Howard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard also made our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Howard is $37,757 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree general history students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General History at Howard University

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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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