2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities 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 Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Georgia, there were 22 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,656 and $26,705 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great humanities 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 humanities 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree humanities students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$23,734 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Emory is $23,734 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Humanities students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Humanities at Emory

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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.

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