2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 CE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 16,932 people earned their degree in computer engineering, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,762 and had an average of $25,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 204 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,600 and $25,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computer engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer engineering programs and 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 computer engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 14 masters’s CE degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 28 degrees to qualified masters’s CE students in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also made our “Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield U are $19,267, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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