2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in New Jersey (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$15,787 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the 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.

Rowan also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan are $15,787, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rowan University General Engineering Report

• 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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