2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k

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General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,890 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,444 and $21,272 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences 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 general social sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Columbia University in the City of New York is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income Over $110k)

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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