2022 Best Value French Studies Schools for a Doctorate

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 French Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

French Studies is the 918th most popular major in the country with 159 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 French studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great French studies 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 French studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value French Studies Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree french studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for French Studies

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value French Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s French studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best French Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1

New York University

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value French Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s French studies students in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best French Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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