2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts general studies was ranked #74 in the country. In fact 2,680 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

6 Doctor's Degrees

#4 in Quality in the Middle Atlantic Region

$55,128 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Georgetown graduate students pay an average of $55,128 in tuition and fees each year.

Georgetown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Georgetown University

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

2 Doctor's Degrees

Top 20% in Quality in the Middle Atlantic Region

$61,202 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 a year.

Johns Hopkins excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Johns Hopkins University Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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