2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #1 spot on the list.

Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Pennsylvania State University - University Park General Engineering Science Report

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 36 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also made our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Carnegie Mellon General Engineering Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science

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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