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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,707 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States. 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” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The me tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region”.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology 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 list. Central Connecticut State University is a fairly large public school situated in New Britain, Connecticut. It awarded 32 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Connecticut State University is $16,158 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Full Central Connecticut State University 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

BFIT also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for BFIT is $13,829 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

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.

Full Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 29 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $17,558 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

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 full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at UMaine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 8 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $19,119 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It awarded 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.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at New England Institute of Technology

#6

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

University of Hartford 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 ranking. This medium-sized school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Hartford is $28,541 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at UHart

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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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