2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 886 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also 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 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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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

Read full report on General Engineering at Brown

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Northeastern

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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 Rémi Kaupp.

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