2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 27,053 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,088 and $21,036 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Clemson

#2

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$22,588 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Tech are $22,588.

Full Florida Tech Engineering Technologies Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (With Aid)

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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