2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts general studies students received their degree, making the major the 1st most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 45,290 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,587 and $17,772 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts general studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies 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 liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 2 doctorate’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Johns Hopkins Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Georgetown University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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