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2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

4 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$37,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,075 people earned their degree in robotics engineering, making the major the 249th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, robotics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $17,852 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 robotics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in robotics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality robotics engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the robotics 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Robotics Engineering

#1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s robotics engineering students in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Robotics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WPI Robotics Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. Georgia Tech is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Robotics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Robotics Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s robotics engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Robotics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121.

Read full report on Robotics Engineering at Oregon State

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 15 doctorate’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Robotics Engineering at Carnegie Mellon

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Robotics Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 5 doctorate’s robotics engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Robotics Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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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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