2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,034 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 964 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering 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 general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$4,716 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Monroe Community College is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 50 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Monroe Community College is $4,716 for middle atlantic region associate degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Engineering at Monroe Community College

#2

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, New York

#2 in overall quality

$3,109 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Staten Island CUNY. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Staten Island, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

CSI also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $3,109 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend College of Staten Island CUNY.

Read more about General Engineering at CSI

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General 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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