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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
368 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,359 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,040 and $32,447 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 368 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

#1

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarkson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Potsdam, New York, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Clarkson University is $19,209 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Clarkson University Engineering-Related Fields Report

#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Canton landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Canton, New York, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Canton also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Canton is $10,037 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full SUNY Canton Engineering-Related Fields Report

#3

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. New York University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k list, NYU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NYU is $25,937 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full NYU Engineering-Related Fields Report

#4

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. New York Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Old Westbury, New York. It awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New York Institute of Technology is $18,094 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full NYIT Engineering-Related Fields Report

#5

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Hoboken, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Stevens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $26,709 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stevens.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Stevens Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. RIT is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 32 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RIT is $27,095 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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