2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 38,958 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 503 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,500 and $44,526 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$22,944 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 4 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Global Region also made our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Strayer University - Global Region is $22,944 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree IT students with aid.

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#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s IT degrees to qualified students.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend George Washington University is $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree IT students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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