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2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$30,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 372 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,933 and $25,879 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering science 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 engineering science 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rochester is $29,342 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

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#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k list, Rutgers New Brunswick has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $26,914 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k list, Pitt has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $28,358 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Pitt.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 1 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RPI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $34,046 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of New Jersey. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

TCNJ also made our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $31,462 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend TCNJ.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

Hofstra University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Hempstead, New York, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Hofstra did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hofstra is $34,800 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

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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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