2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you pursue a doctor's degree in health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 822 doctor's degrees in health professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Doctor's Degree

The health professions doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health professions students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for health professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health professions students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

250 Annual Graduates

Georgetown University is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in health professions. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

280 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from George Washington University

3

Howard University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

259 Annual Graduates

Howard University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health professions. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Howard University

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	30	6,293
Maryland	29	1,117
Pennsylvania	29	6,037
New Jersey	28	1,476
Delaware	21	101

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	481
Dentistry	79
Nursing	77
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	66
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	62
Communication Sciences	16
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	13
Health & Medical Administrative Services	12
Medical Science	10
Public Health	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.