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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 79 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the New England Region

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. This small school is located in Manchester, Connecticut, and it awarded 5 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $7,142 for new england region associate degree engineering technology students.

Read more about Engineering Technology at MCC

#2

Naugatuck Valley Community College

Waterbury, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Naugatuck Valley Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College is $6,767 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.

Full Naugatuck Valley Community College Engineering Technology Report

#3

Asnuntuck Community College

Enfield, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Asnuntuck Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Asnuntuck Community College is a public institution located in Enfield, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ACC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $8,542 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend ACC.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Asnuntuck Community College

#4

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Wentworth Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WIT also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $36,113 for new england region associate degree engineering technology students per year to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full WIT Engineering Technology Report

#5

Gateway Community College

New Haven, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Gateway Community College is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Gateway Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Gateway Community College is $6,381 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.

Full Gateway Community College Engineering Technology Report

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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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