2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Tech Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 102 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,200 and $25,238 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering technology 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 general engineering technology 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.

More Ways to Rank General Engineering Technology Schools

The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Drexel University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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