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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,063 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$111,936 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in Louisiana. With 293 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Tech University the best value school in Louisiana for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $7,959 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

Louisiana State University graduate students pay an average of $13,031 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #4 for overall quality for engineering in Louisiana.

Full Engineering at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UL Lafayette are $10,130 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Tulane University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Louisiana. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.

Tulane did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

Full Engineering at Tulane University of Louisiana Report

Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 178
Florida 2,629
Virginia 1,286
Tennessee 508
North Carolina 1,668
Georgia 1,617
West Virginia 158
South Carolina 617
Kentucky 281
Arkansas 193
Alabama 914

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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