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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
368 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The engineering-related fields school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

#1

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Clarkson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Potsdam, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s 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 yearly cost to attend Clarkson University is $20,122 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Canton. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. SUNY Canton is a small school located in Canton, New York that handed out 4 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Canton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Canton is $12,557 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#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 $30-$48k. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New York University is $25,771 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Stevens Institute of Technology is located in Hoboken, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

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. The yearly cost to attend Stevens is $27,894 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#5

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Old Westbury, New York 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 20 students in 2019-2020.

NYIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,006 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New York Institute of Technology.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. RIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s 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 yearly cost to attend Rochester Institute of Technology is $27,289 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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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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