2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 617 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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.

The Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for public health 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 Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Check out the public health doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Health

#1

George Washington University

Washington, DC

7 Doctor's Degrees

#2 in Quality in District of Columbia

$32,904 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

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 for public health in District of Columbia.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

1 Doctor's Degrees

#1 in Quality in District of Columbia

$55,128 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Georgetown graduate students pay an average of $55,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Georgetown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Article 25 Flickr.

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