2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

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Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 586 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,700 and $23,409 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 252 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering 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 EE Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$104,264 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. Johns Hopkins is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 134 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Johns Hopkins

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$86,867 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMCP Electrical Engineering Report

#3

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #3 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UMBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at UMBC

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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