2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
With 61,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Delaware the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lehigh University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lehigh are $27,130 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lehigh also did well on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cornell also is in the top 5% of our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region .
Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
Carnegie Mellon University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.
Carnegie Mellon also made our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.
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University of Maryland - College Park ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 a year.
UMCP also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMBC are $23,580 a year.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $33,215 in tuition and fees each year.
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Princeton University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Princeton graduate students pay an average of $58,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Princeton also made our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #1.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 5,231 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,224 |
| Maryland | 1,842 |
| New Jersey | 1,714 |
| District of Columbia | 311 |
| Delaware | 136 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
| Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
| Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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).
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