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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 134,326 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 372 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,617 and $25,532 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general psychology 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 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

$66,915 Average Early-Career Earnings

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, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the 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 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224.

Read more about General Psychology at Howard

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. Georgetown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

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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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