2022 Best Value Applied Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Applied Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Applied Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 284 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 applied engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in applied engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied engineering programs, but they also 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 applied engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Applied Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree applied engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$22,004 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 15 masters’s applied engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GaSou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Southern University are $22,004, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GaSou Applied Engineering Report

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 68 diplomas to qualified masters’s applied engineering students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Read full report on Applied Engineering at CU - Boulder

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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