2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 376 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $111,550 and $41,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems 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 systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree systems engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” 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 Systems Engineering Report

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 7 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Systems Engineering at MIT

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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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