2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities School for You
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The Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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.
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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges.
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Our analysis found Excelsior College to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Excelsior College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. St. John's Annapolis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Annapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. John’s Annapolis are $36,170 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Villanova are $59,020 per year.
Villanova also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Villanova University Report
The excellent programs at Stony Brook University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.
SUNY Stony Brook undergraduate students pay an average of $28,375 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Stony Brook University Report
The excellent programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UD are $36,880 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 15% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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Drexel University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 per year.
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The Graduate Center, CUNY did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. It came in at #7 on the list. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Graduate Center are $15,360 a year.
The Graduate Center excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Rutgers University - Camden came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rutgers Camden are $32,299 a year.
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Temple University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Temple are $30,602 per year.
Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Temple University Report
University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. It came in at #10 on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UPenn are $61,710 a year.
UPenn also took the #4 spot in our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
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Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 395 |
| Pennsylvania | 69 |
| Maryland | 98 |
| New Jersey | 12 |
| District of Columbia | 21 |
| Delaware | 1 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Related Majors for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 2,680 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Visual & Performing Arts | 18,379 |
| Theology & Religious Vocations | 17,287 |
| English Language & Literature | 9,566 |
| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 4,163 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 3,136 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 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).
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