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

6 Ranked Colleges
303 Degrees Awarded
$26,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 394 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,500 and $24,742 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 303 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering technology 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 general engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 214 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NJIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Jersey Institute of Technology is $25,132 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full New Jersey Institute of Technology General Engineering Technology Report

#2

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rochester is $29,342 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at University of Rochester

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 26 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $25,075 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Temple.

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

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#4

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Canton. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. SUNY Canton is a small public school situated in Canton, New York. It awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, SUNY Canton has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Canton is $16,928 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at SUNY Canton

#5

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

NYIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NYIT is $23,838 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at NYIT

#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Drexel University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $36,496 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Drexel.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Drexel University

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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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