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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Software Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Ranked Colleges
242 Degrees Awarded
$36,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,874 people earned their degree in software engineering, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 476 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 242 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in software engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality software engineering 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 software engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Software Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 117 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer software engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

NJIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Jersey Institute of Technology are $33,744, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #3 spot on the list. Villanova is a private not-for-profit institution located in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Villanova did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova University are $20,719.

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#4

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 43 masters’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens also made our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876.

Read more about Software Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s computer software engineering students in 2019-2020.

RIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

Monmouth University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. West Long Branch, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s computer software engineering degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Monmouth, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Monmouth are $28,586, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Monmouth University Software Engineering Report

#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With a ranking of #7, Drexel University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Drexel is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 9 masters’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074.

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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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