2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Master'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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for 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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.
Villanova also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Delaware is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Riverdale, Manhattan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Manhattan graduate students pay an average of $21,052 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 33 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
Lehigh graduate students pay an average of $27,130 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Lehigh is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 a year.
Cornell not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Gannon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gannon are $20,660 per year.
George Washington University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
GWU also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Maryland - College Park did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.
UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.
UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Carnegie Mellon University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Carnegie Mellon graduate students pay an average of $47,347 in tuition and fees each year.
Carnegie Mellon did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Widener University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Widener graduate students pay an average of $25,416 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering colleges 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
Engineering Majors to Study
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 26 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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