2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. 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 Massachusetts, there were 565 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,850 and $12,725 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Northeastern

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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 Rémi Kaupp.

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