2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in Massachusetts (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 170 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering science 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 science 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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The engineering science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Harvard is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 23 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$30,153 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a medium-sized school located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts that handed out 3 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Dartmouth also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth are $30,153, 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%.

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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