2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Schools for a Doctorate in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 200,458 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, engineering is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 228 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,667 and $20,946 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and cost less that 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 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 Alaska 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 Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

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

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

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks are $24,287, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for 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.

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