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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities (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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Johns Hopkins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Johns Hopkins University

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgetown Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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