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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
368 Degrees Awarded
$29,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid.

#1

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Canton. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. SUNY Canton is a small school located in Canton, New York that handed out 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 with aid 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. It costs about $13,864 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid per year to attend SUNY Canton.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at SUNY Canton

#2

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid 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 also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Clarkson is $29,015 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Clarkson Engineering-Related Fields Report

#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 Getting Aid list. NYIT 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. It costs about $21,427 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid per year to attend NYIT.

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%.

Full NYIT Engineering-Related Fields Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Rochester Institute of Technology 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.

RIT also took the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $33,167 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid per year to attend RIT.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology 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 Getting Aid. Stevens 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 estimated yearly cost for Stevens Institute of Technology is $37,588 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full Stevens Institute of Technology Engineering-Related Fields Report

#6

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

New York University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. NYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 52 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 with aid 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 $39,772 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.

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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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