2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Georgia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 200,458 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, engineering is the 6th most popular major in the United States. 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 Georgia, there were 5,546 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $26,660 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 387 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

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

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

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 336 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Georgia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering at Georgia Tech

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Georgia

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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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