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

6 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio

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 Ohio” 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 Ohio, there were 1,272 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,255 and $25,764 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,438 and $112,790 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Ohio

The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio doctor’s degree ee students.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio list. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 39 doctorate’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our ohio doctor’s degree ee students list, Ohio State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dayton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio list. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

UDayton also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UDayton are $17,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio. Ohio University - Athens Campus is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OHIO Athens, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s EE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wright State University - Main Campus, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286.

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#1 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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