District Of Columbia contains seven schools that offer information assurance programs. George Washington University, the highest-ranking information assurance school in DC, has a total student population of 25,061 and is the 52nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 7 information assurance schools in District Of Columbia, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Strayer University comes out as the most expensive ($29,303/yr), with University of the District of Columbia as the lowest recorded at only $7,881/yr.
Information Assurance students from District Of Columbia schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the District Of Columbia alone, there are 470 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $41,290. Computer and information scientists, research in this state earn $111,100/yr and there are 330 employed.
Also, within the information assurance schools in District Of Columbia, the average student population is 6,076 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from information assurance, there are 1138 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 7,715 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $0, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.