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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 212 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,100 and $20,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering science 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 engineering science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree engineering science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for 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 fairly large school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 15 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Toledo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Science at University of Toledo

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” 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.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Engineering Science Report

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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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