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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$42,308 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 556,813 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Liberal Arts & Humanities

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

GMU graduate students pay an average of $37,956 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at George Mason University

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofL are $27,839 a year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Louisville

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Tulane University of Louisiana

Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 18,234
West Virginia 3,558
South Carolina 4,243
Florida 64,444
Virginia 9,302
Arkansas 5,205
Mississippi 5,696
Louisiana 2,864
Alabama 5,890
Kentucky 6,493
Georgia 7,724
Tennessee 10,186

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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