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2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

4 Ranked Colleges
455 Degrees Awarded
$36,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 169,876 biological and biomedical sciences students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, biological and biomedical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,082 and had an average of $24,534 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 1,189 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,689 and $43,575 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 455 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in biological and biomedical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological and biomedical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biological and biomedical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in District of Columbia

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 113 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Howard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend Howard is $41,289 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students.

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

Read more about Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Howard

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $43,451 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students per year to attend The American University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full American University Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students list, GWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GWU is $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Biological & Biomedical Sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at GWU

#4

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees to 100 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students list, Georgetown has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgetown University is $28,909 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Georgetown University Biological & Biomedical Sciences Report

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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