2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across District of Columbia, there were 160 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 112 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

#1

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 EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 109 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at George Washington University

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 3 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Catholic University of America

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (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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