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2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering Technology is the 155th most popular major in the country with 4,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 80 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,900 and $6,850 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. MCC is a small school located in Manchester, Connecticut that handed out 5 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Manchester Community College is $7,142 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering Tech students.

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#2

Naugatuck Valley Community College

Waterbury, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a public institution located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Naugatuck Valley Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General 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 tech students.

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#3

Asnuntuck Community College

Enfield, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asnuntuck Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Enfield, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ACC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Asnuntuck Community College is $8,542 for new england region associate degree engineering tech students.

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#4

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. WIT is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 7 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WIT also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend WIT is $36,113 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering Tech students.

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%.

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#5

Gateway Community College

New Haven, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Gateway Community College is $6,381 for new england region associate degree engineering tech students.

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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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