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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$44,825 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$90,822 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 5th in District of Columbia. In fact, 534 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value programs for nursing 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in District of Columbia

Check out the nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing

Our analysis found Trinity Washington University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Trinity College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Trinity College also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Full Nursing at Trinity Washington University Report

The excellent programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in District of Columbia. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

GWU undergraduate students pay an average of $57,984 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Georgetown are $59,957 a year.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Read full report on Nursing at Georgetown University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CUA are $52,156 per year.

CUA also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Full Nursing at Catholic University of America Report

#5

Howard University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in District of Columbia. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Howard are $28,916 a year.

Read full report on Nursing at Howard University

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,148
Pennsylvania 2,683
Maryland 922
New Jersey 691
Delaware 174

Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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