2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Virginia

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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Science, Technology & Society is the 225th most popular major in the country with 1,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 118 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,400 and $23,906 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science, technology and society 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at GMU

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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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