2023 Best Value Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Associate Degree School for You
With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value associate 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.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for engineering students working on their associate degree. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $8,450 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Monroe Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Monroe Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Rochester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Monroe Community College are $10,368 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means College of Staten Island CUNY is a great value for engineering students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Staten Island, CSI is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSI are $15,440 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 4,817 |
| Pennsylvania | 10,045 |
| New York | 12,696 |
| Maryland | 4,465 |
| Delaware | 580 |
| District of Columbia | 689 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
| Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
| Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
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).
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