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

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African American Studies is the 394th most popular major in the country with 1,267 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 315 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in African American studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African American studies 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 African American 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 African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s African American studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about African American Studies at Cornell University

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s African American studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on African American Studies at Temple

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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