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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$57,315 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$109,775 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering School for You

Construction Engineering is the #208 most popular major in the country with 288 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for construction engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Engineering Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Engineering

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best value school for construction engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $58,524 per year.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Construction Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

Stevens undergraduate students pay an average of $56,920 in tuition and fees each year.

Stevens also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent programs at New York University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NYU are $56,500 a year.

NYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at New York University

Best Construction Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best construction engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 42
Pennsylvania 4
New Jersey 50

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One of 39 majors within the area of study, construction engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Construction Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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