2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 242 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,250 and $62,290 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 172 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies 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 technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Georgetown University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 8 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Georgetown

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 138 students in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at GWU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k)

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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