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2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
303 Degrees Awarded
$23,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #1 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 tech degrees to 214 students in 2019-2020.

NJIT also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend NJIT is $19,706 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology

#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Canton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Canton is located in Canton, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Canton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $13,864 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students per year to attend SUNY Canton.

Full SUNY Canton General Engineering Technology Report

#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 list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students list, Temple has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $23,521 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New York Institute of Technology is $21,427 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

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 more about General Engineering Technology at New York Institute of Technology

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $34,914 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students per year to attend Drexel University.

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%.

Full Drexel University General Engineering Technology Report

#6

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#2 in overall quality

University of Rochester did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $29,522 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students per year to attend University of Rochester.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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