2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Rhode Island

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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 140 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,500 and $14,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering 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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The engineering 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 Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Brown University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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