2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the New England 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 Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 957 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,780 and $14,271 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 15 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Brown University General Engineering Report

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northeastern University General Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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