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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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18 Degrees Awarded
$34,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 43,359 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,635 and $19,425 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in liberal arts / sciences and humanities.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #3 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 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Johns Hopkins Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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University at Albany
Albany, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the #4 spot on the list. University at Albany is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 0 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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