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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

1 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Engineering is the 174th most popular major in the country with 2,900 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $75,379 and had an average of $28,015 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 59 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,000 and $21,375 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

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

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Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other engineering degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $8,054 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Other Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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