2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Science is the 208th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 52 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,600 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

More Ways to Rank Engineering Science Schools

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 Pennsylvania” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in Pennsylvania

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

Penn State University Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Penn State University Park

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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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