2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Engineering in District of Columbia
1College
30,117Bachelor's Degrees
$43,746Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Engineering School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 9th in District of Columbia. In fact, 30,117 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022. This means that 0.6% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. We are more focused on engineering schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
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 Engineering Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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2024 Best Value Engineering School in District of Columbia
The following school tops our list of the Best Engineering Colleges for the Money.
George Washington University earned the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best value list, GWU has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Engineering Schools in District of Columbia ranking.
The average student at GWU graduates in less than 4.1 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $43,746. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from GWU is about $179,359. 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).