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2022 Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 333 people earned their degree in political economy, making the major the 685th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 59 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political economy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the political economy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree political economy students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 50 bachelors’s political economy degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Economy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Georgetown is $28,909 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Political Economy students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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%.

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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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