2023 Best Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
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Our 2023 rankings named Georgetown University the best school in District of Columbia for students working on their master’s degree.
Since the graduate programs at Georgetown are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
The excellent master’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in District of Columbia.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at GWU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 37% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 7 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 3 spot on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since The American University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 39% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Catholic University of America is a great place for students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at CUA. In fact, around 98% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Trinity College. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, Howard University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that Howard does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 24% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #7, Strayer University - District of Columbia did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, Strayer University - District of Columbia is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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%.
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