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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 214 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great manufacturing 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 manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Farmingdale State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Farmingdale, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $3,469 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Farmingdale State College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College

#2

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Millersville University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Millersville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, Millersville has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Millersville is $16,878 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Millersville Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#3

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Penn College is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 19 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pennsylvania College of Technology is $22,255 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

RIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $27,095 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend RIT.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 86%, 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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