2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 821 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 371 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 353 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland master’s degree engineering students list, UMCP has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

Read more about General Engineering at UMCP

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 18 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Morgan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State University are $17,339.

Full Morgan State University General Engineering 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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