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2023 Best Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Schools Ranked
$38,222 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,439 Avg Student Debt*

It's not easy to decide which teaching 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
17 Total Awards
$25,110 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Trinity Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 17 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinity College are $25,110 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $37,206 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Trinity College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% 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, Trinity College is ranked #2 for overall quality in District of Columbia.

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#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
17 Total Awards
$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at American University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 17 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at The American University are $51,334 a year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,484 in student loans.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since The American University does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 28% took at least some of their classes online.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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