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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,147 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,507 and $21,746 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,073 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree engineering students whose families make $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

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 50 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Monroe Community College is $4,716 for middle atlantic region associate degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Monroe Community College General Engineering Report

#2

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, New York

#2 in overall quality

$3,109 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Staten Island CUNY. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. College of Staten Island CUNY is a fairly large school located in Staten Island, New York that handed out 6 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CSI also made our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for CSI is $3,109 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full CSI General Engineering Report

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

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