2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in structural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality structural 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 structural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. Lehigh is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 doctorate’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at Lehigh University

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#3 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. San Diego, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s structural engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SDSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Diego State University are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full San Diego State University Structural Engineering Report

#2

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also made our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Structural Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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.

Credits

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