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2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$44,316 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,880 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Science School for You

Engineering Science is the #210 most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering science 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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the engineering science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Science

Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best value school for engineering science students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . TCNJ is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Ewing.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TCNJ are $29,594 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, TCNJ also did well on our Best Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Engineering Science at The College of New Jersey

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering science schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon 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 Carnegie Mellon are $58,524 a year.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #3 spot in our Best Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

Full Engineering Science at Carnegie Mellon University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick undergraduate students pay an average of $33,005 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that engineering science majors at Rutgers New Brunswick take out is $24,500.

Rutgers New Brunswick excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Engineering Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.

NJIT undergraduate students pay an average of $34,034 in tuition and fees each year.

NJIT excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#5

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

University of Rochester undergraduate students pay an average of $59,378 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, University of Rochester is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#6

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY
$51,360 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Hofstra University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering science students. Located in the suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hofstra are $51,360 per year. On average, engineering science graduates from Hofstra take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $614.

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Best Engineering Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 102
New York 72
Maryland 0
New Jersey 244

More Engineering Science Rankings in the Middle Atlantic Region

One of 40 majors within the area of study, engineering science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Nicolás Pérez.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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