2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in District of Columbia (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 271 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 social work 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 social work 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 social work program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree social work students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work 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 Social Work at Howard

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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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