2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acoustics

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 123 people earned their degree in acoustics, making the major the 1010th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 acoustics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality acoustics 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 acoustics 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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Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acoustics

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #1 spot on the list.

Penn State University Park not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acoustics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728.

Read more about Acoustics at Penn State University Park

#1

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s acoustics degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acoustics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Acoustics at NYU

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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