2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 839 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,220 and $25,972 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical 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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Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

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

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey. Rutgers New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#2

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$33,744 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

NJIT also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Jersey Institute of Technology are $33,744, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

#3

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$56,470 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey list. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Princeton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,470, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Princeton University

#3

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$38,876 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey list. Stevens Institute of Technology is located in Hoboken, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s EE degrees to qualified students.

Stevens also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens Institute of Technology are $38,876, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

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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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