University of the District of Columbia

Washington, DC · Public · 3,351 undergrads · website ↗

HBCU
27% Hispanic undergrads
56% Black undergrads
Open admission
$50 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

19%

of students transfer to a four-year institution

Completed after transferring: not published
Still enrolled after transferring: 3.2%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$10,268
$30,000 – $48,000	$10,399
$48,000 – $75,000	$10,557
$75,000 – $110,000	$16,312
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	$10,648

Sticker tuition and fees: $5,662 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of the District of Columbia's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$18,591
Books and supplies	$1,149
Other expenses, off campus	$6,013

Outcomes

Completion rate: 33%
Students with Pell grants: 36%
Earnings @ 10yr: $44,236
Median debt: $24,872

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 8 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 38%

What students study

Education28%

Business14%

Health & Nursing7%

Computer Science6%

Visual & Performing Arts4%

Social Sciences3%

Engineering3%

Psychology2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (6)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Education, General	97	$43,642	$51,137national $41,787	—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	58	—	$45,346national $44,125	$18,451
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	35	$86,426	—national $102,881	$20,276
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	22	—	$50,792national $41,339	—
Business Administration, Management and Operations	20	—	—national $48,733	$17,375
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services	0	—	$57,391national $37,587	—

Bachelor's degrees (8)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	32	$46,147	$65,711national $68,257	$30,250
Computer Science	20	$79,946	—national $107,009	—
Political Science and Government	20	$55,519	$66,952national $63,293	$24,577
Non-Professional Legal Studies	19	$41,138	$74,158national $61,959	$28,750
Psychology, General	19	—	—national $50,706	$18,077
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	16	$54,880	$57,648national $48,568	—
Social Work	16	$53,398	$65,986national $51,790	$33,183
Accounting and Related Services	8	$63,535	$71,572national $76,194	—

Master's degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	15	$66,527	$67,720national $67,030	$41,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	12	—	$89,963national $59,916	—

First professional degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Law	29	$65,525	$90,325national $107,773	$120,008

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 75 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in DC

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Contact and accreditation

Address: 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 274-5000
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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