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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

136 Colleges
$21,991 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 136 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for EE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez to be the best value school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Mayaguez, UPR Mayaguez is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPR Mayaguez are $3,800 a year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

North Dakota State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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Out of the 136 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Austin also is in the top 10% of our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $16,917 in tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Akron Main Campus is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley Report

#7

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

With a ranking of #7, University of Dayton did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 per year.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

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#10

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

UND graduate students pay an average of $18,968 in tuition and fees each year.

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#11

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.

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#12

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in tuition and fees each year.

Cornell also claimed a spot on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#14

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Marquette graduate students pay an average of $21,960 in tuition and fees each year.

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas A&M College Station also is in the top 15% of our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Michigan Technological University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.

Michigan Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#17

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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With a ranking of #18, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 per year.

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University of California - Los Angeles came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Georgia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,334 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Georgia Tech also did well on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
21 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
22 Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX
23 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
24 Clemson University Clemson, SC
25 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
26 University of North Texas Denton, TX
27 University of Virginia - Main Campus Charlottesville, VA

Electrical Engineering by Region

View the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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