2023 Best Value Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering-Related Technologies is the 270th most popular major in the country with 989 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,339 and had an average of $21,670 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 61 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related technologies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related technologies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region engineering-related tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Alfred State College
Alfred, New York

#1 in overall quality

$15,252 Average Net Price

$38,740 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Alfred, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering-related tech degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Alfred State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $15,252 for Middle Atlantic Region Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Alfred State.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at Alfred State

2

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$22,232 Average Net Price

$45,580 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small school located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 ’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $22,232 for middle atlantic region engineering-related tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Penn College.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at Penn College

• Best Value Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $30-$48k)

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

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