2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acoustics (Income $30-$48k)

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 Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Acoustics is the 1010th most popular major in the country with 123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 acoustics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great acoustics 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 acoustics 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 Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree acoustics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acoustics (Income $30-$48k)

#1

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Acoustics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s acoustics students in 2019-2020.

NYU also made our “Best Acoustics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Read full report on Acoustics at New York University

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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