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2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$28,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 23,605 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 3,964 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 130 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality humanities programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $75-$110k) in New York

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, John Jay College of Criminal Justice landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

John Jay also took the #8 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $9,285 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend John Jay.

Read full report on Humanities at John Jay

#2

Purchase College

Purchase, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purchase College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Purchase, New York, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Purchase College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $18,550 for new york bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Purchase College.

Read more about Humanities at Purchase College

#3

Russell Sage College

Troy, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Russell Sage College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Troy, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

Russel Sage also made our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Russel Sage is $25,998 for new york bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Russel Sage Humanities Report

#4

Union College New York

Schenectady, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union College New York. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k. Union College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Schenectady, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Union College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Union College New York is $30,309 for new york bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Union College Humanities Report

#5

The King's College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The King’s College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. TKC is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 50 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

TKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend TKC is $34,157 for new york bachelor’s degree humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Humanities at The King’s College

#6

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

New York University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for New York University is $41,038 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Humanities at New York University

#7

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#5 in overall quality

Fordham University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Bronx, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Fordham U is $37,527 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Fordham University Humanities 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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