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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

2 Schools Ranked
$53,379 Avg Tuition & Fees*

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Catholic University of America

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

Our 2023 rankings named Catholic University of America the best value school in District of Columbia for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CUA are $51,630 a year.

CUA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.

CUA also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
29 Total Awards
$55,128 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Georgetown University is a large private not-for-profit school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 29 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 a year.

Since the graduate programs at Georgetown are primarily online, it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

Georgetown also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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