2023 Best Value Teaching Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value master'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.
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Top Value Teaching Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
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Our analysis found Trinity Washington University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 47 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Trinity College are $14,850 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Trinity College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Trinity College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.
Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s value ranking, George Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 233 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since GWU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 37% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
GWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at American University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in District of Columbia. The American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 170 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at The American University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 39% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The American University also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Howard University is a great place for teaching students working on their master’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 13 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Howard are $34,326 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Howard does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 24% 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.
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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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