2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Physics is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 71 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physics 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 physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The physics 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 Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physics in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$41,289 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. 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 physics degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Howard also made our “Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Howard is $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Physics students.

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 more about Physics at Howard University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physics students in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physics 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 Physics students.

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%.

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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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