2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Indiana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Indiana, there were 796 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,080 and $25,035 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,113 and $102,081 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also 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 electrical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$110,880 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 101 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our indiana doctor’s degree ee students list, Purdue has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

Full Purdue Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$57,522 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Notre Dame Electrical Engineering Report

#2

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$26,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Indiana list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s EE students in 2019-2020.

IUPUI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at IUPUI

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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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