2023 Best Value Health Science Schools 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 Health Science Schools in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 182 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,177 and $22,667 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Health Science Schools in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in District of Columbia (With Aid)

1

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$13,785 Average Net Price

$52,904 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Health Science Schools in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Trinity College is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 64 ’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

Trinity College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Trinity College is $13,785 for district of columbia health science students with aid.

Full Trinity College Health Sciences & Services Report

2

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$41,388 Average Net Price

$50,572 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 31 ’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

Howard also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard is $41,388 for district of columbia health science 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 Health Sciences & Services at Howard

• Best Value Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.