2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Master'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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Pennsylvania to see which master'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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Engineering
Our analysis found Villanova University to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Pennsylvania. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.
Villanova also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #3.
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 Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lehigh are $27,130 a year.
Lehigh not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt are $25,248 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gannon University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gannon are $20,660 per year.
Out of the 9 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $18,278 per year.
Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Carnegie Mellon is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering in Pennsylvania.
Widener University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Widener are $25,416 a year.
University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering in Pennsylvania.
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Drexel University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.
Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New Jersey | 4,817 |
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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Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 9 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.
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