2024 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

a doctor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #4 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 437 doctor's degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in Indiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

70 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Notre Dame if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in engineering. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Notre Dame

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

365 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in engineering. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

Best Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	29	437
Ohio	29	449
Illinois	29	450
Wisconsin	27	168

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	96
Mechanical Engineering	83
Civil Engineering	54
Materials Engineering	41
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	37
Biomedical Engineering	24
Industrial Engineering	24
Chemical Engineering	19
Computer Engineering	19
Agricultural Engineering	16

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Sciences	172
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	157
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	112
Mathematics & Statistics	71
Engineering Technologies	37
Natural Resources & Conservation	14

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.