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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$53,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 District of Columbia, there were 120 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,600 and $35,075 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / 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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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Georgetown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s 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 District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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