2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 District of Columbia, there were 120 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,600 and $35,075 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The liberal arts / sciences & 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & 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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