2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in District of Columbia

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 120 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,600 and $35,075 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,233 and $27,625 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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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The liberal arts / sciences & humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in District of Columbia

#1

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$15,894 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

University of the District of Columbia also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of the District of Columbia is $15,894 for district of columbia associate degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students.

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of the District of Columbia

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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

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