2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Georgia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking.

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 Georgia, there were 10,303 liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Georgia”.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees 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 / Sciences & Humanities 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 University are $44,676.

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

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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

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