2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Mississippi” 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 Mississippi, there were 195 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $10,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Mississippi State University General Engineering Report

#2

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Jackson State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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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