2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 134,326 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country.

Across District of Columbia, there were 372 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard also made our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Psychology at Howard

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 1 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also made our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Psychology at Georgetown 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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