2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Maryland, there were 821 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 371 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland 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 a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Maryland - College Park is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 353 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMCP General Engineering Report

#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Morgan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General 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 Morgan State University are $17,339.

Read full report on General Engineering at Morgan State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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