by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,013 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 132nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,639 and had an average of $22,526 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 225 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,731 and $22,323 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful mechanical engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in New Britain, Connecticut that handed out 26 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Connecticut State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. East Greenwich, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at New England Institute of Technology
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire at Manchester landed the #4 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire at Manchester is a public institution located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New Hampshire at Manchester Mechanical Engineering Technology Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #5 spot on the 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 6 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at UMass Lowell
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. 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 5 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Hartford came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 0 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at University of Hartford
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