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

4 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$34,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 41,945 people earned their degree in general English literature, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general English literature. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general English literature programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general English literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree english students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $28,909 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students with aid per year to attend Georgetown.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read full report on General English Literature at Georgetown University

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid 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 13 students 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 estimated yearly cost for Howard is $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students with aid.

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 full report on General English Literature at Howard University

#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for GWU is $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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 George Washington University General English Literature Report

#4

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #4 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 14 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Catholic University of America is $34,230 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree english students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 General English Literature at Catholic University of America

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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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