2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,596 people earned their degree in American U.S. studies, making the major the 309th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 298 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in American U.S. studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American U.S. studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the American U.S. studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree united states studies students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s United States studies students in 2019-2020.

Yale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best American U.S. Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about American U.S. Studies at Yale University

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Harvard is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 1 doctorate’s United States studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American U.S. Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

Read more about American U.S. Studies at Harvard

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s United States studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best American U.S. Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

Full Brown University American U.S. Studies Report

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

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