2023 Best Value Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

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Engineering-Related Technologies is the 270th most popular major in the country with 989 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,339 and had an average of $21,670 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 61 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related technologies 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 technologies 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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Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

1

Alfred State College
Alfred, New York

#1 in overall quality

$17,263 Average Net Price

$38,740 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alfred State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Alfred State is a small school located in Alfred, New York that handed out 11 ’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alfred State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Alfred State is $17,263 for middle atlantic region engineering-related tech students with aid.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at Alfred State

2

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$25,181 Average Net Price

$45,580 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified ’s engineering-related tech students in 2020-2021.

Penn College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $25,181 for Middle Atlantic Region Engineering-Related Tech students with aid per year to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology

• Best Value Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (With Aid)

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.

Credits

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