Washington, D.C.

Total number of students enrolled at public and private postsecondary institutions:

  • District of Columbia: 106,852
  • U.S.: 18,247,094

Percentage of students enrolled in public institutions:

  • District of Columbia: 5%
  • U.S.: 72%

Distribution of enrollments at public institutions:

District of Columbia U.S.
Research: n/a 28%
Master's: 96% 19%
Bachelor's: n/a 3%
Community Colleges: n/a 48%

Average measures of education and related costs per FTE student, student shares, and production

District of Columbia U.S.
Public Master's Public Master's
Institution Count (number of medical programs included)
  1 266 (2)
Education and related costs per FTE student
2006 $24,809 $10,629
Change from 2002-2006 27% -1%
Student share of education and related costs (discounted)
2006 14% 48%
Percentage Point Change 2002-2006 -7 10
Aggregate education and related spending/student completions
2006 $146,432 $47,446
Change from 2002-2006 6% -4%
Completions per 100 FTE students
2006 17 24
Change 2002-2006 3 1
Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS state database