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2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$36,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts 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 liberal arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Georgetown University

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Emory is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 2 doctorate’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Emory University

#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #3 spot on the list. UofM is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, UofM has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Memphis Liberal Arts Report

#4

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s liberal studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Montana State University Liberal Arts Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s liberal studies degrees to qualified students.

SMU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

Full Southern Methodist University Liberal Arts Report

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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