2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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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 the Southeast region, there were 159,457 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,231 and $16,248 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. University of Memphis is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

UofM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Memphis

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#3 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 #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region 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 made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at GMU

#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676.

Full Emory Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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