2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 240 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $98,500 and $25,324 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New England University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Western New England is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Western New England did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western New England are $25,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Western New England University

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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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