2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,064 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,409 and $27,324 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree education students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,231 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s education students in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Education at UPenn

#2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 13 doctorate’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple General Education Report

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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