2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$12,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our louisiana doctor’s degree engineering students list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana Tech University are $12,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Louisiana Tech General Engineering Report

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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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