2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York” 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 New York, there were 594 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,067 and $32,218 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in New York

#1

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

#2 in overall quality

$25,290 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Binghamton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vestal, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Binghamton University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290.

Read full report on General Education at Binghamton University

#2

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

#3 in overall quality

$27,172 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hofstra University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York. This fairly large school is located in Hempstead, New York, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Hofstra not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hofstra are $27,172, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hofstra University General Education Report

#3

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$50,505 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s education students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at University of Rochester

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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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