Money Mag taps CCNY’s Grove School a 2024 Best Grad School winner

The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering is listed among the nation’s finest in Money Magazine’s inaugural ranking of the best graduate school programs. 

The online publication partnered with College Factual to find the country’s top-value programs. With a focus on annual costs, typical debt burdens, employment rates and recent graduate salaries, they graded programs on a 5-star scale. 

The only public school of engineering in the New York metropolitan area, Grove School excels in the “Best Engineering Master’s Programs for Your Money 2024” category. 

Money notes that “typical earnings for engineers vary based on specialty, but in general, a master’s degree in the field leads to higher salaries and more job opportunities.” It then lists the 50 top engineering colleges that blend affordability with high-quality results.

Grove School earned four stars out of five for its estimated annual cost ($36,170), average student debt ($22,580); its 100% employment rate for graduates, and average early career salaries of $73,950. 

Its peers in the Best Engineering Master’s Programs category include: 

• Morgan State University;
• Ohio State University;
• Purdue University; 
• University of California, Irvine; and 
• The University of Connecticut.

This is the latest recognition of the Grove School’s quality by a ranking body. In its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report listed CCNY’s chemical (#48), biomedical (#74), mechanical (#89), civil (#107) and electrical engineering (#113) programs; and computer science (#115) among the best in the country. This from a survey of the top 214 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. 

Earlier this fall, The Princeton Review labeled the Grove School as “one of the best public schools" in its 2024 edition of  “The Best 389 Colleges.”  

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