2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 3,514 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 156 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin doctor’s degree engineering students.

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

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 120 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 21 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Engineering Report

#3

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Marquette not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering at Marquette 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.

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