2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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 Virginia, there were 14,701 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GMU Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k)

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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