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2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$17,036 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,903 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Science School for You

With 244 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering science is the #72 most popular major in New Jersey.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Science Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering science majors pursuing a .

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Science

$17,287 Average Tuition & Fees

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 New Jersey. TCNJ is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Ewing.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TCNJ are $17,287 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, TCNJ is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering science in New Jersey.

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

$15,804 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick undergraduate students pay an average of $15,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, engineering science graduates from Rutgers New Brunswick take out $24,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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

$18,016 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NJIT are $18,016 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NJIT is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Science Schools in New Jersey list.

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

Best Value Engineering Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 102
New York 72
Maryland 0

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

Majors Similar to Engineering Science

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 3 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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