2022 Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

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Trasportation Engineering is the 920th most popular major in the country with 119 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in trasportation engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great trasportation 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 trasportation engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree transportation engineering students list, UC Davis has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Trasportation Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Trasportation Engineering at University of California - Davis

#2

New York University

New York, New York

#3 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Trasportation Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892.

Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at New York University

#3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees to qualified students.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Trasportation Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at MIT

#4

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#3 in overall quality

$58,325 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees to qualified students.

RPI also made our “Best Trasportation Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are $58,325.

Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at RPI

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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