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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$30,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,974 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to see which programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

$15,804 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the best value school in New Jersey for mechanical engineering students. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $15,804 per year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

$18,016 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in New Jersey. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.

NJIT undergraduate students pay an average of $18,016 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$56,920 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Stevens Institute of Technology is a great value for mechanical engineering students. Stevens is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stevens are $56,920 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Stevens is ranked #4 for overall quality for ME in New Jersey.

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#4

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ
$56,010 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Princeton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Princeton are $56,010 a year.

Princeton not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list.

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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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