2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Water Resources Engineering is the 1005th most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 13 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality water resources engineering 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 water resources engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains 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 Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Water Resources Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Water Resources Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Water Resources Engineering at University of Idaho

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Water Resources Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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