2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 30 people earned their degree in islamic studies, making the major the 1116th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 5 islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in islamic studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in islamic studies.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s islamic studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, 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 91%.

Read full report on Islamic Studies at George Washington University

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s islamic studies students in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Georgetown University Islamic Studies Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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