2022 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general social sciences students in 2019-2020.

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 are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York General Social Sciences Report

#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$41,714 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s general social sciences degrees 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 University are $41,714, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Syracuse General Social Sciences Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$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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