2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 337 people earned their degree in structural engineering, making the major the 665th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in structural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality structural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the structural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (With Aid)

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s structural engineering degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree structural engineering students with aid list, UCSD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at University of California - San Diego

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#3 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. San Diego, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s structural engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SDSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Diego State University are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full San Diego State University Structural Engineering Report

#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Lehigh is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at Lehigh

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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