2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 200,458 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, engineering is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 774 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,650 and $25,787 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 379 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$22,287 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 170 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for George Washington University is $22,287 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at George Washington University

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$28,766 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Catholic University of America is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 106 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA also made our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Catholic University of America is $28,766 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Catholic University of America

#3

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$42,870 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Howard also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard is $42,870 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Engineering at Howard

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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