2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great structural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the structural engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

#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 in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also made our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at Lehigh

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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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