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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$30,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,147 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,507 and $21,746 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 For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

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 a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State University are $17,339, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Morgan State University General Engineering Report

#3

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Villanova not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

Full Villanova University General Engineering Report

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

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 For Those Making $48-$75k. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Temple also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at Temple

#5

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

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 For Those Making $48-$75k 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens Institute of Technology are $38,876, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at Stevens

#6

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

Rowan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Rowan University 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 are $15,787, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rowan University General Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

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 For Those Making $48-$75k 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.

Full RIT 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.

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