2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Georgetown University

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 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 Johns Hopkins are $59,425.

Full Johns Hopkins University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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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.

Credits

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