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2023 Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia
$51,630 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Catholic University of America the best school in District of Columbia for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.

One thing to take note of is that CUA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Read full report on Catholic University of America

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, 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 healthcare schools in District of Columbia.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Georgetown. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Georgetown University Report

#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
$32,904 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

One thing to take note of is that GWU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 37% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full George Washington University Report

#4

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
$34,326 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in District of Columbia.

Online graduate courses are available at Howard, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 24% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Howard University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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