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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
498 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 498 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

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 the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 353 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885.

Read more about General Engineering at UMCP

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Carnegie Mellon University General Engineering Report

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 60 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 18 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Morgan State also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Morgan State University

#5

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, Rowan has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Rowan University

#6

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Thomas Jefferson University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, Thomas Jefferson University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Thomas Jefferson University are $21,978.

Read more about General Engineering at Thomas Jefferson University

#5 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 12 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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