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2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$23,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General English Literature is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 213 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,533 and $22,726 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general English literature. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general English literature programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general English literature 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 English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 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 English degrees to 81 students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Georgetown is $8,678 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General English Literature at Georgetown

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $17,924 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend GWU.

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%.

Full GWU General English Literature Report

#3

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

CUA also took the #3 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Catholic University of America is $26,211 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General English Literature at CUA

#4

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 13 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard University is $39,858 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Read more about General English Literature at Howard

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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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