2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality humanities 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 humanities 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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The humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree humanities students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. GMU is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 GMU

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Louisville is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 4 doctorate’s humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Louisville Humanities Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (With Aid)

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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