2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 365,980 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 24,900 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts 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 liberal arts 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Georgetown

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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