2023 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Technology in the New England Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,500 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 81 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technology 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 technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Technology in the New England Region (With Aid)

1

Naugatuck Valley Community College
Waterbury, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$7,162 Average Net Price

$44,142 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Naugatuck Valley Community College also made our “Best Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College is $7,162 for New England Region Engineering Technology students with aid.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Naugatuck Valley Community College

2

Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$35,307 Average Net Price

$67,892 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 19 ’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

WIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WIT is $35,307 for New England Region Engineering Technology students with aid.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at WIT

• Best Value Colleges for Engineering Technology (With Aid)

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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