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Best Value Education Schools in District of Columbia

2023 Best Value Education Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$31,729 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,015 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 930 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Education

Our analysis found Trinity Washington University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Trinity College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Trinity College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Education Schools in District of Columbia list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for education students. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American University is a great value for education students. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The American University are $51,334 a year. Education majors at The American University take out an average of $25,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Education Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Howard University is a great value for education students. Located in the city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Howard are $28,916 per year.

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$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the # 5 spot on the list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Strayer University - Global Region undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

Strayer University - District of Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in District of Columbia list. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Strayer University - District of Columbia are $13,515 a year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 5,729
Pennsylvania 12,364
New York 24,330
Maryland 5,361
Delaware 1,352

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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