2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 223 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,813 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering science 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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Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree engineering science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 2 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas Tech University Engineering Science Report

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 2 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Northern Arizona University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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