2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 52 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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The engineering science 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 “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,938 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend Pitt is $27,938 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree engineering science students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 93%.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Pitt

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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