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2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$18,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Science is the 208th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 372 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,933 and $25,879 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering science 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rochester is $15,324 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Engineering Science at University of Rochester

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $13,545 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Engineering Science Report

#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 For Those Making $0-$30k. Pitt is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pitt is $20,075 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of New Jersey. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The College of New Jersey is a medium-sized public school situated in Ewing, New Jersey. It awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

TCNJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $11,445 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend TCNJ.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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 For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k list, RPI has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $22,662 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

#6

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

Hofstra University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hofstra, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $27,616 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $0-$30k 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%.

Full Hofstra University 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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