2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Construction Engineering Technology is the 147th most popular major in the country with 4,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,452 and had an average of $22,347 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 341 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,364 and $19,555 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction engineering technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Top 10% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Jefferson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 11 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Thomas Jefferson University

2

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

Top 25% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full RIT Construction Engineering Technology Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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