2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Design

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 Engineering Design Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 90 people earned their degree in engineering design, making the major the 988th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering design graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering design 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 engineering design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree engineering design students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Design

#1

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$22,588 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering design degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also made our “Best Engineering Design Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Institute of Technology are $22,588, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering Design at Florida Tech

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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