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2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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 For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering science programs that also have a lower cost than 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 engineering science program at the school. 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 Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. 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.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #2 spot in our “Best 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 with aid per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

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

Read full report on Engineering Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

Pitt also made our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $27,938 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid 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 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%.

Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Engineering Science Report

#3

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of New Jersey. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. The College of New Jersey is a public institution located in Ewing, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCNJ, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TCNJ is $27,541 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rochester is $29,522 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of Rochester Engineering Science Report

#5

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Hempstead, 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 23 students in 2019-2020.

Hofstra not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hofstra is $32,838 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RPI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best 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 with aid per year to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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