2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Education in District of Columbia
2Colleges
30,117Bachelor's Degrees
$25,650Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Education School for You
With 30,117 bachelor's degrees handed out in 2021-2022, education is the #20 most popular major in District of Columbia. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.6% of all the education bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Education in District of Columbia ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in education. When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. Instead, we are looking at those education schools that offer a high quality educational experience at a price lower than expected.
When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Value Education Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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2024 Best Value Education Schools in District of Columbia
The colleges and universities below are the best for the money for education majors.
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia
The #1 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Trinity Washington University. Located in the large city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Trinity College also took the #4 spot in our Best Education Schools in District of Columbia rankings.
It takes the average student at Trinity College about 4.8 years to graduate, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $23,697. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College be around $112,798. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Howard University earned the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington. Howard not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Education Schools in District of Columbia list.
It takes the average student at Howard about 4.2 years to graduate, and it costs about $27,603 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Howard is about $116,761. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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).
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With 30,117 bachelor's degrees handed out in 2021-2022, education is the #20 most popular major in District of Columbia. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.6% of all the education bachelor's degrees in the country.
