Colleges in Bethesda Maryland

County: Montgomery

Elevation: 303 feet

Land Area: 13.1 square miles

Population Density: 4512 people per square mile

Population: 59,308

Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (81.8%), Hispanic (5.4%), Black (2.7%), Chinese (2.4%), Two or more races (2.1%), Asian Indian (1.8%), Other race (1.2%), Korean (1.1%), Japanese (0.8%), Other Asian (0.8%), Filipino (0.7%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries (City): Irish (13.8%), English (13.1%), German (13.0%), Russian (6.1%), Italian (5.8%), Polish (4.7%)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Washington, DC (7.3 miles , pop. 572,059)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (126.3 miles , pop. 1,517,550)

Nearest cities: Somerset, MD (1.3 miles ), Chevy Chase, MD (1.3 miles ), Glen Echo, MD (1.4 miles ), Friendship Village, MD (1.4 miles ), Chevy Chase, MD (1.4 miles ), Chevy Chase Section Five, MD (1.4 miles ), Chevy Chase Village, MD (1.5 miles ), Brookmont, MD (1.5 miles )

Airports and Heliports located in Bethesda: Suburban Heliport

Bethesda Compared to State Average:

Median household income significantly above state average.

Median house value significantly above state average.

Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.

Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.

Median age significantly above state average.

Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.

Number of rooms per house above state average.

House age above state average.

Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.

High school or higher: 97.00%

Bachelor’s degree or higher: 78.90%

Graduate or professional degree: 48.80%

Colleges/Universities in Bethesda:

UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCI

Full-time enrollment: 836, Location: 4301 JONES BRIDGE RD, Public, Website: www.usuhs.mil, Offers Doctor's degree

WEICHERT REAL ESTATE SCHOOL

Location: 6610 ROCKLEDGE DR STE 100, Private, for-profit

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE DENTAL SCHOOL

Location: 8901 WISCONSIN AVE, Public

FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES

Location: 1 CLOISTER CT, Private, not-for-profit, Website: WWW.FAES.ORG

MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER OF THE AMER INST OF BANKING

Location: 8120 WOODMONT AVE STE 410, Private, not-for-profit, Website: www.midatlanticaib.com

WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Location: 4850 RUGBY AVE, Private, for-profit)

Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Bethesda:

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

about 4 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, Full-time enrollment: 8,859

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

about 5 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 3,223

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

about 6 miles, ARLINGTON, VA, FT enrollment: 2,479

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

about 7 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 16,045

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

about 8 miles, WASHINGTON, DC, FT enrollment: 4,472

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

about 8 miles, Adelphi, MD, FT enrollment: 8,434

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE

about 9 miles, ROCKVILLE, MD, FT enrollment: 11,829