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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 476 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,211 and $25,494 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$20,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #1 spot on the list. Villanova is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Villanova also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719.

Read full report on General Engineering at Villanova University

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326.

Full Carnegie Mellon General Engineering Report

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236.

Read more about General Engineering at Temple University

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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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