2023 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in the New England Region” ranking.

General Engineering Technology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 4,676 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,419 and had an average of $23,567 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 82 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,225 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the New England Region

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 Tech Schools in the New England Region list. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified ’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Naugatuck Valley Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Naugatuck Valley Community College is $7,162 for new england region engineering tech students.

Read more about General 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in the New England Region list. WIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

WIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for WIT is $35,307 for New England Region Engineering Tech students.

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%.

Full WIT General 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.

Credits

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