2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Tennessee, there were 10,620 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 1 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Tennessee” 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 Tennessee

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Tennessee

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 1 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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