by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering-related technologies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The engineering-related tech 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students.
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 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Alfred, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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