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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
368 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 $75-$110k” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related fields. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related fields programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. 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 $75-$110k.

#1

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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Canton landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Canton is a small public school situated in Canton, New York. It awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k list, SUNY Canton has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Canton is $16,928 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Clarkson University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Potsdam, New York. It awarded 67 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clarkson is $29,482 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k 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. The yearly cost to attend NYIT is $23,838 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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#4

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

Stevens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $34,801 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Stevens.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester 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 $75-$110k list. RIT is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 32 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT also took 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 $32,287 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

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.

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#6

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New York University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New York University is $41,038 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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