2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in structural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent structural engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the structural 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree structural engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s structural engineering degrees to qualified students.

Lehigh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

New York University

New York, New York

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s structural engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Structural Engineering at NYU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (With Aid)

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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