2022 Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

History is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 32,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,593 and had an average of $23,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 675 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,764 and $25,626 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history 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 history 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 History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree history students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History in Georgia

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s history degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also made our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s history degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676.

Read full report on History at Emory University

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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 Abraham Ortelius.

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