Core Values

Excellence

Collaboration

Sustainability

Innovation

Integrity

Brand Pillars

# 1 community college in the region

11:1 Student teacher ratio

10 year accreditation from Middle States Com-mission on Higher Education

CAUSES School is ranked as one of the top 4 in the country

Law school ranked #7 in the US by US News & World Report in clinical training

Leads the Washington D.C. Region in tuition afford- ability with the Community College having an open admissions policy.

Only Public university in the nation’s capital

70% of all students receive financial aid

Workforce programs are tuition free, and costs for associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs are among the lowest in the region.

10% of student body are international students

Student population ranges for young adults and workforce employees to JD candidates

UDC is the ONLY public institution of higher learning in the District of Columbia.
UDC ENROLLS MORE D.C. public high school graduates than any other university.
UDC is UNIQUE in offering multiple points of entry, providing workforce training, professional certification, associate degrees, bachelor and graduate degrees, law degrees, and more.
UDC SERVES ALL aspects of the District com-munity, in addition to students from around the nation and the world.
UDC has the MOST AFFORDABLE tuition of any university in the District. (collegecalc.org)
UDC students land HIGHER-THAN-AVER-AGE-PAYING JOBS. (Federal College Score-card)
UDC has the SAFEST college campus in the District. (ADTsecurity.com)
UDC ranks in the TOP TEN OF 102 Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country. (Wall Street Journal)
UDC is the nation’s ONLY exclusively urban land-grant university. Its award-winning College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Envi-ronmental Sciences is a leader in urban food security.