2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Engineering School for You
General Engineering is the #80 most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Engineering Schools
Our analysis found Monroe Community College to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Monroe Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Rochester.
Monroe Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,368 in tuition and fees each year. Engineering majors at Monroe Community College take out an average of $10,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
Villanova undergraduate students pay an average of $59,020 in tuition and fees each year.
Villanova also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rowan are $23,408 a year.
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The excellent programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMCP are $38,638 per year.
UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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The excellent programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt are $35,394 per year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at Pitt take out is $23,875.
In addition to its great value ranking, Pitt is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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With a ranking of #6, Morgan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Morgan State are $18,480 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school 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 made our Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.
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SUNY Polytechnic Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. SUNY Poly is a small public school located in the suburb of Utica.
SUNY Poly undergraduate students pay an average of $19,308 in tuition and fees each year.
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Elizabethtown College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general engineering programs. Etown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elizabethtown.
Etown undergraduate students pay an average of $34,600 in tuition and fees each year. Engineering majors at Etown take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
Etown also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NJIT are $34,034 a year.
NJIT excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Request InformationBest General Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 451 |
| New York | 617 |
| Maryland | 787 |
| New Jersey | 252 |
| District of Columbia | 1 |
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General Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Engineering
| 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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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