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2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
224 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,319 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 240 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $98,500 and $25,324 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 224 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tufts University is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 86 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168.

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#2

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

Maritime also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maritime are $17,372.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 37 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western New England University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Western New England is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make $30-$48k list, Western New England has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western New England are $25,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. New England Institute of Technology is a small school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island that handed out 14 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at New England Tech are $14,205, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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