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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 York 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 York, there were 611 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,250 and $15,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

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

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#1 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University at Buffalo General Engineering Report

#2

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$50,442 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

RIT also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at RIT are $50,442, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at RIT

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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.

Credits

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

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