2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Water Resources Engineering is the 1005th most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in water resources engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great water resources engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the water resources engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering (With Aid)

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. University of Idaho is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s water resources engineering degrees to qualified students.

U of I also took the #1 spot in our “Best Water Resources 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 U of I are $29,112.

Read full report on Water Resources Engineering at U of I

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 2 doctorate’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Water Resources Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121.

Read more about Water Resources Engineering at Oregon State

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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