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2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$41,535 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,721 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 10,045 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Pennsylvania to see which bachelor'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.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Pennsylvania. Pitt Johnstown is a small public school located in the small suburb of Johnstown.

Pitt Johnstown undergraduate students pay an average of $14,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Ship undergraduate students pay an average of $13,394 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Pitt undergraduate students pay an average of $20,362 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means York College of Pennsylvania is a great value for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of York.

YCP undergraduate students pay an average of $22,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Temple undergraduate students pay an average of $17,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UPenn also made our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #2.

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#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $58,524 per year.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#8

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

Bucknell University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Bucknell undergraduate students pay an average of $59,802 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Bucknell did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Full Engineering at Bucknell University Report

#9

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

Lafayette College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Easton, Lafayette is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Lafayette undergraduate students pay an average of $56,364 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Lafayette also took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

Full Engineering at Lafayette College Report

#9

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehigh are $57,470 per year.

Lehigh not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 4,817
New York 12,696
Maryland 4,465
Delaware 580
District of Columbia 689

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

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 15 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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