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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$35,847 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 219 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

Check out the ME doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the best value school in New Jersey for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 per year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Jersey Institute of Technology is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NJIT are $24,546 a year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Stevens Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in New Jersey. Stevens is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Stevens are $39,556 a year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology Report

#4

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Out of the 4 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Princeton.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Princeton are $58,790 per year.

Princeton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Princeton University Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 785
Pennsylvania 500
Maryland 213
District of Columbia 55
Delaware 21

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

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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