2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New York

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 New York, there were 13,481 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,078 and $22,865 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 612 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york associate degree engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in New York

#1

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$6,830 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Monroe Community College is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 50 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Monroe Community College is $6,830 for new york associate degree engineering students.

Full Monroe Community College Engineering Report

#2

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, New York

#2 in overall quality

$5,118 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Staten Island CUNY. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in New York list. College of Staten Island CUNY is located in Staten Island, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

CSI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $5,118 for New York Associate Degree Engineering students per year to attend CSI.

Full CSI Engineering Report

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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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