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2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

1 Schools Ranked
$31,050 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$9,134 Avg Student Debt*

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking.

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.

Top Value Trade Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
9 Total Awards
$31,050 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Howard University the best value school in District of Columbia for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Howard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Howard are $31,050 per year.

One thing to take note of is that Howard does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 95% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

Howard also took the #1 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 1 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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