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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Mississippi, there were 1,410 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,422 and $21,804 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering at Mississippi State

#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099.

Full Ole Miss Engineering Report

#3

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Jackson State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering at Jackson State University

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