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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 27,053 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,088 and $21,036 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technologies programs, but they also cost less that 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 technologies program at the school. 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 Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southeast Region

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 5 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Tech are $22,588, 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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