2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,267 people earned their degree in African American studies, making the major the 394th most popular in the United States.

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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in African American studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality African American studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the African American studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for African American Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s African American studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value African American Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s African American studies students in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best African American Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. 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 $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.

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