2025 Best American U.S. Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

a bachelor's degree in american u.s. studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #237 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for american u.s. studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 bachelor's degrees in american u.s. studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great American U.S. Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of american u.s. studies for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to american u.s. studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other american u.s. studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized american u.s. studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for american u.s. studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best American U.S. Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study American U.S. Studies in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in american u.s. studies.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in United States Studies

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

25 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Georgetown University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in american u.s. studies. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in american u.s. studies from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in american u.s. studies. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in american u.s. studies from George Washington University

3

American University
Washington, DC

13 Annual Graduates

American University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in american u.s. studies. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in american u.s. studies from American University

Best American U.S. Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best American U.S. Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	147
Pennsylvania	698	28
Maryland	370	47
New Jersey	351	14
Delaware	224	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to United States Studies

American U.S. Studies is one of 36 different types of Area Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
German Studies	6
African Studies	4
Latin American Studies	2
Russian Studies	2
Asian Studies	1
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	1
French Studies	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth. More about our data sources and methodologies.