by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,534 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,578 and had an average of $22,777 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,767 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,087 and $23,580 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 411 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 40 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree engineering students.
Out of the 40 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Geneva College landed the #1 spot on the list. Geneva College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. It awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elizabethtown College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Elizabethtown College is located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 40 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Swarthmore College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Swarthmore College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. It awarded 28 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at Swarthmore College
Out of the 40 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Vincent College landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Vincent is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. UMES is a small public school situated in Princess Anne, Maryland. It awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Lafayette College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Easton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 24 students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Loyola University Maryland landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Loyola Maryland is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Millersville, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Frostburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. Frostburg State University is a small public school situated in Frostburg, Maryland. It awarded 19 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, United States Naval Academy did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Annapolis, Maryland, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Engineering at United States Naval Academy
With a ranking of #12, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cooper Union is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 4 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art General Engineering Report
With a ranking of #13, College of Staten Island CUNY did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. College of Staten Island CUNY is a fairly large school located in Staten Island, New York that handed out 27 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full College of Staten Island CUNY General Engineering Report
SUNY Polytechnic Institute ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Polytechnic Institute is located in Utica, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute
With a ranking of #15, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Francis University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #16. Saint Francis University is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Cornell University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Stony Brook University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #18. Stony Brook University is located in Stony Brook, New York and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. NJIT is a fairly large public school situated in Newark, New Jersey. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology
Rowan University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, Temple University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
University of Rochester landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Yeshiva University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Thomas Jefferson University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Johns Hopkins University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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