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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Jersey” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 238 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $8,317 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in New Jersey

#1

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$15,787 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey. Rowan is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 41 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at Rowan

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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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