2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 10,303 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,181 and $19,201 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general 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 liberal arts general studies 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 Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree liberal arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s liberal arts degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Emory

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General 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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