2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.
Villanova also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
Lehigh graduate students pay an average of $27,130 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lehigh also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.
UMCP also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMBC are $23,580 per year.
UMBC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, GWU also did well on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.
NJIT graduate students pay an average of $34,760 in tuition and fees each year.
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Clarkson University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering programs. Located in the town of Potsdam, Clarkson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarkson are $36,472 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Pitt are $42,024 a year.
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Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stevens are $39,556 per year.
Stevens excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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Request InformationBest Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| 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 16 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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