2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for College/Postsecondary/University Teaching

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value College/Postsecondary/University Teaching Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 94 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, college/postsecondary/university teaching is the most popular major in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 college/postsecondary/university teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent college/postsecondary/university teaching programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the college/postsecondary/university teaching program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value College/Postsecondary/University Teaching Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value College/Postsecondary/University Teaching Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for College/Postsecondary/University Teaching

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value College/Postsecondary/University Teaching Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s college/postsecondary/university teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also made our “Best College/Postsecondary/University Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus College/Postsecondary/University Teaching Report

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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