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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Louisiana

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Louisiana, there were 196 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,350 and $13,715 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,594 and $127,014 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. 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 Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana Tech are $12,690.

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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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