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

6 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$16,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 3,813 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician, making the major the 186th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 244 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 124 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree me tech students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the New England Region

#1

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Springfield Technical Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Springfield Technical Community College is a public institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

STCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for STCC is $8,943 for new england region associate degree me tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at STCC

#2

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. NHTI is a small public school situated in Concord, New Hampshire. It awarded 19 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree me tech students list, NHTI has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $19,717 for New England Region Associate Degree ME Tech students per year to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

BFIT also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend BFIT is $13,829 for new england region associate degree me tech students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

#4

Gateway Community College

New Haven, Connecticut
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value ME 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 7 associates’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

Gateway Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Gateway Community College is $6,381 for New England Region Associate Degree ME Tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Gateway Community College

#5

Vermont Technical College

Randolph, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Vermont Technical College is a small school located in Randolph, Vermont that handed out 16 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree me tech students list, Vermont Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vermont Tech is $20,684 for new england region associate degree me tech students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Vermont Tech Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#6

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

New England Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the New England Region ranking. New England Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school situated in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It awarded 31 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $31,690 for new england region associate degree me tech students per year to attend New England Institute of Technology.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at New England Institute of Technology

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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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