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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$58,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in the United States with 43,359 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. 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

Check out the liberal arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named Georgetown University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 per year.

Georgetown also made our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 2 spot on the list. 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.

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Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 3,589
New York 19,150
Maryland 9,515
New Jersey 9,619
District of Columbia 145
Delaware 649

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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