2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 New Jersey, there were 238 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $8,317 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$15,787 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Glassboro, New Jersey, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan are $15,787, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Rowan

#2

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$38,876 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

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