2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Science, Technology & Society is the 396th most popular major in the country with 1,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 252 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science, technology and society 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 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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The science, tech & society school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s science, tech and society degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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