2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Science is the 208th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Plains States region, there were 33 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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. 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Science at University of Kansas

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (With Aid)

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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