2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 212 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science 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 general engineering science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$27,067 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Toledo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Toledo are $27,067, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Toledo General Engineering Science Report

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio University - Athens Campus is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering Science at OHIO Athens

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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