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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$29,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 372 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of New Jersey. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Ewing, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

TCNJ also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The College of New Jersey is $27,541 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

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#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students list, Rutgers New Brunswick has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Rutgers New Brunswick

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $27,938 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students per year to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Pitt General Engineering Science Report

#4

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hofstra is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hempstead, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hofstra also made our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $32,838 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students per year to attend Hofstra University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

RPI also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $35,464 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students per year to attend RPI.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full RPI General Engineering Science Report

#6

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality

University of Rochester ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 science degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $29,522 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students per year to attend University of Rochester.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full University of Rochester General Engineering Science Report

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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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