2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Design in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Design is the 988th most popular major in the country with 90 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 64 engineering design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 engineering design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Design in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering design students in 2019-2020.

UPenn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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