If you pursue a master's degree in mechanical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #29 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of mechanical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 215 master's degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Mechanical Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of mechanical engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of mechanical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for mechanical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mechanical engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mechanical engineering students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in New Jersey
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for mechanical engineering students seeking a a master's degree.
Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Mechanical Engineering master's degree recipients from Stevens Institute of Technology receive an earnings boost of approximately $5,401 above the average earnings of mechanical engineering graduates.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in mechanical engineering has to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's students who receive their degree from the me program make about $84,265 for their early career.
Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in mechanical engineering has to look into New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.
Master's students who receive their degree from the me program make about $77,653 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of mechanical engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
