2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 4,364 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,684 and $21,878 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,388 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 576 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering at UMCP

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 759 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

#3

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #3 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 34 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMBC also made our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

#4

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Morgan State Engineering Report

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

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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