2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Entrepreneurship Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,008 people earned their degree in entrepreneurial studies, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,665 and had an average of $25,440 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great entrepreneurial studies 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 entrepreneurial studies 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree entrepreneurship students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s entrepreneurship degrees to qualified students.

Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at Duke University

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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