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

5 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$36,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Sociology is the 20th most popular major in the country with 37,747 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across District of Columbia, there were 121 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in sociology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sociology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sociology 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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Best Value Sociology 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 sociology students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sociology 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 34 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $28,909 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid per year to attend Georgetown.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, 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 94%.

Read full report on Sociology at Georgetown

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Howard University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Sociology students with aid per year to attend Howard University.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Howard Sociology Report

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. 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 sociology degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid list, The American University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $43,451 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid per year to attend American University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Sociology at American University

#4

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 30 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $33,719 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid per year to attend George Washington University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on Sociology at GWU

#5

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2019-2020.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $34,230 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students with aid per year to attend Catholic University of America.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Sociology at CUA

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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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