2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 5,037 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 86 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $158,260 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in higher education/higher education administration. That schools that top this list have a program in higher education/higher education administration in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree higher education/higher education administration students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 12 doctorate’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full GWU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Howard

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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