2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Social Sciences is the 39th most popular major in the country with 19,542 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,809 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general social sciences 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 General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree general social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) 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 Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 12 doctorate’s general social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general social sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best General Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 Syracuse are $41,714.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (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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