2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in Massachusetts

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Systems Engineering is the 212th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 349 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general systems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general systems 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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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in Massachusetts

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Full Boston University General Systems Engineering Report

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s general systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Systems Engineering at MIT

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering

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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