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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$24,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,707 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,659 and had an average of $22,928 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 256 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,725 and $23,896 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 mechanical engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Central Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Britain, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for CCSU is $18,375 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at CCSU

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $20,312 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UMaine.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at University of Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMass Lowell has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMass Lowell is $21,523 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UMass Lowell Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, BFIT has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology is $17,409 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at BFIT

#5

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #5 spot on the list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, UHart has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $29,906 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Hartford.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at UHart

#6

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

New England Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New England Tech is $36,802 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full New England Tech Mechanical 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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