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

5 Ranked Colleges
218 Degrees Awarded
$36,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

English Language & Literature is the 16th most popular major in the country with 56,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, English language and literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,873 and had an average of $24,681 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 266 English language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,125 and $23,795 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 English language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in English language and literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality English language and literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the English language and 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value English Language & Literature 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 language & literature students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for English Language & Literature in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Georgetown University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 81 bachelors’s English language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgetown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgetown University is $28,909 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree english language & literature students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 English Language & Literature at Georgetown University

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 13 bachelors’s English language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Howard is $41,289 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English Language & Literature students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about English Language & Literature at Howard

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 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 language and literature degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $43,451 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree English Language & Literature students with aid per year to attend American University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full American University English Language & Literature Report

#4

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s English language and literature degrees to qualified students.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best English Language & Literature 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 english language & literature students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about English Language & Literature at GWU

#5

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Language & Literature 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 #5 spot on the list. Catholic University of America is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 14 bachelors’s English language and literature degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA also took the #4 spot in our “Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CUA is $34,230 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree english language & literature students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full CUA English Language & Literature Report

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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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