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2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 37,747 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States.

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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sociology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sociology programs and cost less that 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 sociology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sociology in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. 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 14 students in 2019-2020.

Howard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $41,289 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students per year to attend Howard.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Sociology at Howard University

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 5 bachelors’s sociology degrees 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. The yearly cost to attend Catholic University of America is $34,230 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Sociology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 CUA

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. 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.

The American University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $43,451 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students per year to attend The American University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on 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. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 30 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for George Washington University is $33,719 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree sociology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.

Full GWU Sociology Report

#5

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.

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 per year to attend Georgetown.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Sociology at Georgetown

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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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