2021 Best Affordable Colleges in District of Columbia for Students from Jamaica

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Colleges for Jamaican Students in District of Columbia ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 3 schools in District of Columbia, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Jamaican students in District of Columbia. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall value.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Value Colleges in District of Columbia for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Howard University
Washington, DC

$28,916 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.8% International Students

Our analysis found Howard University to be the best affordable school for Jamaican students in District of Columbia in this year’s ranking. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 1,542 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.8% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Jamaica come to Howard to study. International students at Howard can expect to pay, on average, about $28,916 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $34,326 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

American University
Washington, DC

$51,334 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

12.9% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Jamaican students in District of Columbia list. The American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2,109 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 12.9% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, Saudi Arabia, and India come to The American University to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at The American University is about $51,334 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $38,456 per year.

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Georgetown University
Washington, DC

$59,957 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

17.7% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Jamaican students in District of Columbia. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2,120 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 17.7% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Georgetown come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Georgetown is about $59,957 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $55,128 per year.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.