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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$36,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

Georgetown also made our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Georgetown

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, Emory has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Emory University

#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #3 spot on the list. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 1 doctorate’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts at University of Memphis

#4

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s liberal studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also took the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Montana State University Liberal Arts Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s liberal studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Southern Methodist University Liberal Arts 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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