by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of the District of Columbia landed the #963 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
University of the District of Columbia also ranked #8 for Best Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia.
University of the District of Columbia was ranked #623 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in District of Columbia, University of the District of Columbia came in at #6.
The total graduate student population at University of the District of Columbia is made up of 57.4% women and 42.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 71.2% of the graduate students who attend University of the District of Columbia are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 7.6% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,234 | $17,748 |
| Fees | $860 | $860 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from University of the District of Columbia is $57,901. That's on par with the nationwide average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at University of the District of Columbia is $60,091. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 20% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of the District of Columbia.
Contact details for University of the District of Columbia are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4200 Connecticut Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20008 |
| Phone: | 202-274-5000 |
| Website: | www.udc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UofDC |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/udc_edu |
Around 15.3% of University of the District of Columbia graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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