2024 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Kansas

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #4 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 doctor's degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 complete 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 Kansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in Kansas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering.

Top Kansas Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

University of Kansas is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in engineering. KU is a very large public university located in the city of Lawrence.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Kansas

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Kansas State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in engineering. K -State is a large public university located in the city of Manhattan.More information about a doctorate in engineering from Kansas State University

Best Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	27	151
Missouri	27	198
Iowa	26	145
Nebraska	24	51
North Dakota	21	37
South Dakota	15	30

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	14
Electrical Engineering	13
Civil Engineering	11
Other Engineering	9
Biomedical Engineering	7
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	6
Nuclear Engineering	5
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	5
Agricultural Engineering	4
Chemical Engineering	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	159
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	78
Physical Sciences	42
Mathematics & Statistics	18
Natural Resources & Conservation	1
Architecture & Related Services	1

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.