2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,034 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 964 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering 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 Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$6,830 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Monroe Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Monroe Community College is a public institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 50 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $6,830 for middle atlantic region associate degree engineering students per year to attend Monroe Community College.

Read full report on General Engineering at Monroe Community College

#2

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, New York

#2 in overall quality

$5,118 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Staten Island CUNY. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. CSI is a public institution located in Staten Island, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CSI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CSI is $5,118 for middle atlantic region associate degree engineering students.

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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 Rémi Kaupp.

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