2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Trade Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
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Our analysis found Trinity Washington University to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in District of Columbia. Trinity Washington University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 205 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Trinity College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,610 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $32,031 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Trinity College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
Trinity College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in District of Columbia list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 2,223 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Georgetown are $62,051 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $15,635 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Georgetown does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 39% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in District of Columbia rankings.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Howard University is a great place for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 1,292 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Howard are $31,050 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,051 in student loans.
Online courses are available at Howard, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Howard is ranked #4 for overall quality in District of Columbia.
Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s value ranking, George Washington University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the large private not-for-profit school handed out 3,466 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $60,946 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,763 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that GWU does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 8% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality in District of Columbia.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 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.
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