2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Maryland (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 353 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

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#2

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$17,339 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Morgan State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 18 masters’s engineering degrees 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State University are $17,339, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (With Aid)

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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