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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the New England Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

CCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Connecticut State University is $16,158 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students with aid.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Connecticut State University

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,558 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students with aid per year to attend University of Maine.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

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 Getting Aid list. Lowell, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts - Lowell is $19,119 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students with aid.

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%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at UMass Lowell

#6 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 #4 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

BFIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for BFIT is $13,829 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 BFIT

#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. New England Tech is a small school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island that handed out 26 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New England Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New England Institute of Technology is $31,690 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students with aid.

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 full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at New England Tech

#6

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

University of Hartford ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Hartford is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UHart, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $28,541 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students with aid 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.

Full University of Hartford 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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