2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

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Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Arkansas, there were 1,055 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,618 and $22,111 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 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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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas doctor’s degree engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 40 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas doctor’s degree engineering students list, UARK has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121.

Read more about Engineering at UARK

#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #2 spot on the list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock also made our “Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA Little Rock are $14,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Engineering Report

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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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