2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across New York, there were 568 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York” 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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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York

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

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

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#1 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 60 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University at Buffalo General Engineering Report

#2

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 12 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology 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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