by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Humanities Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 22,314 people earned their degree in humanities, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 90 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Humanities Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in humanities.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Humanities Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Humanities Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Humanities Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newport, Rhode Island, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Humanities Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate. Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 3 doctorate’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts Humanities Report
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