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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

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10 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 46 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,400 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 engineering mechanics 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 mechanics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering mechanics 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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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 10 doctorate’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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