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

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of health professions. Combined, these schools handed out 928 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree

The health professions bachelor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges 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 Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 bachelor'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 much debt health professions students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 colleges for health professions students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health Professions in District of Columbia

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

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in Health Professions

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

459 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in health professions needs to check out George Washington University. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from George Washington University

2

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

93 Annual Graduates

Georgetown University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in health professions. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Georgetown University

3

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

Catholic University of America is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in health professions. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Catholic University of America

4

Howard University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

138 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Howard University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in health professions. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Howard University

5

Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

83 Annual Graduates

Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in health professions from Trinity Washington 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
Pennsylvania	37	12,179
New York	37	14,805
New Jersey	34	4,517
Maryland	33	3,309
Delaware	30	1,237

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	459
Public Health	234
Health Sciences & Services	85
Health & Medical Administrative Services	82
Allied Health Professions	25
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	23
Communication Sciences	10
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	7
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	3

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.