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2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$36,243 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,604 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology School for You

Information Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 434 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Colleges.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Information Technology

$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Strayer University - Global Region the best value school in District of Columbia for information technology students. Strayer University - Global Region is a large private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Strayer University - Global Region undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, IT graduates from Strayer University - Global Region take out $32,810 in student loans while working on their degree.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Strayer University - District of Columbia is a great value for information technology students. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Strayer University - District of Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, IT graduates from Strayer University - District of Columbia take out $32,810 in student loans while working on their degree.

Strayer University - District of Columbia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia list.

Full Information Technology at Strayer University - District of Columbia Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year. After completing their degree, IT graduates from GWU carry an average student debtload of $21,050.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Out of the 5 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Georgetown undergraduate students pay an average of $59,957 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Georgetown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Information Technology Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#5

Career Technical Institute

Washington, DC

Out of the 5 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Career Technical Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Career Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

IT majors at Career Technical Institute take out an average of $7,652 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maryland 2,370
Pennsylvania 1,445
New York 1,927
New Jersey 180
Delaware 399

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IT Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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