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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New York, there were 611 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,250 and $15,000 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.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree engineering students.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 60 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442.

Full RIT General Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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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