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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
498 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 498 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Maryland - College Park is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 353 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMCP General Engineering Report

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 60 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at University at Buffalo

#3

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland
#7 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 #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Morgan State is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Morgan State also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State University are $17,339, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Morgan State University

#4

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Glassboro, New Jersey, and it awarded 41 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787.

Full Rowan General Engineering Report

#5

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas Jefferson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Thomas Jefferson University are $21,978, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Thomas Jefferson University

#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’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 Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Full Carnegie Mellon University General Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at RIT

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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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