2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering 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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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree engineering students.
Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Villanova University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It awarded 16 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Villanova did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova are $20,719.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rowan is a public institution located in Glassboro, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rowan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.
Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Temple is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hoboken, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Stevens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Carnegie Mellon University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 15 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Carnegie Mellon also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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With a ranking of #7, Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
RIT also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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