2021 Best Affordable Colleges in District of Columbia for Students from France

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Colleges for French Students in District of Columbia ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 3 schools in District of Columbia, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for French students in District of Columbia. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Value Colleges in District of Columbia for Students from France

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

American University
Washington, DC

$51,334 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

12.9% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named American University the best affordable school for French students in District of Columbia working on their bachelor’s degree. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2,109 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 12.9% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, Saudi Arabia, and India come to The American University to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at The American University runs, on average, about $51,334. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $38,456 per year.

Full American University Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

$57,984 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

12.3% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 3,572 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 12.3% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to GWU to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at GWU is about $57,984 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $32,904 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Georgetown University
Washington, DC

$59,957 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

17.7% International Students

A rank of #3 on our list means Georgetown University is a great place for French students in District of Columbia working on their bachelor’s degree. Georgetown University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 2,120 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 17.7% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Georgetown are China, India, and South Korea. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Georgetown is about $59,957 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $55,128 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Georgetown University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.