2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Nursing Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 313,362 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 1,128 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,510 and $39,960 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,233 and $27,625 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing 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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The nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Nursing Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$15,894 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for an Associate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified associates’s nursing students in 2019-2020.

University of the District of Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $15,894 for district of columbia associate degree nursing students with aid per year to attend University of the District of Columbia.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Nursing at University of the District of Columbia

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing (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.

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