2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 886 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Brown is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 15 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Brown General Engineering Report

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northeastern University General Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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