2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Computer Engineering is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,932 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,762 and had an average of $25,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 525 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,590 and $32,944 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s CE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computer Engineering at Pitt

#2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s CE degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130.

Full Lehigh University Computer Engineering Report

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value CE Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Full Carnegie Mellon Computer Engineering Report

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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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