2022 Best Vallue Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 136 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $97,100 and $26,844 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems 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 systems engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree systems engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$157,398 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at GWU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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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