2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Humanities is the 31st most popular major in the country with 23,605 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 810 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the humanities 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 Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Humanities at George Mason University

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

UofL also made our “Best Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UofL Humanities Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (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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