2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425.

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#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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the 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 / sciences and humanities degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k)

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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