2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Applied Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 941 people earned their degree in engineering and applied physics, making the major the 440th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 309 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics 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 engineering and applied physics 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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Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree applied physics students whose families make $30-$48k.
Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.
Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.
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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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