2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the water resources 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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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” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State 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 Oregon State University are $28,121.

Read more about Water Resources Engineering at Oregon State

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s water resources engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Idaho Water Resources Engineering Report

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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