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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$37,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Science, Technology & Society is the 225th most popular major in the country with 1,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 252 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,400 and $24,005 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science, technology and society 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 science, technology and society program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 3 doctorate’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at GMU

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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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