2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. 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 ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts general studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s liberal arts degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Georgetown University

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s liberal arts degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Johns Hopkins University

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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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