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2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$38,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Writing Studies is the 76th most popular major in the country with 13,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, writing studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,483 and had an average of $27,853 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,338 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,500 and $28,380 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in writing studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality writing studies 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 writing studies 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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Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree writing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s writing degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pitt is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 4 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Writing Studies 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 Pitt are $40,836.

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#3

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Syracuse is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 2 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also took the #3 spot in our “Best Writing Studies 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 Syracuse University are $41,714.

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#4

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also took the #2 spot in our “Best Writing Studies 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 Duquesne University are $24,048.

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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.

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