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2023 Best Value History Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$55,358 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,104 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History School for You

With 73 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #51 most popular major in District of Columbia.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value History 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 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value programs for history students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value History Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value History Colleges.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in History

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

GWU also made our Best History Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgetown are $59,957 per year.

Georgetown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best History Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 3 spot on the list. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The American University are $51,334 per year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best History Schools in District of Columbia list.

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The excellent programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in District of Columbia. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CUA are $52,156 a year.

CUA also made our Best History Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 477
Pennsylvania 132
Maryland 55
New Jersey 88
Delaware 10

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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