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2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
177 Degrees Awarded
$30,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 29,892 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 271 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 177 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $22,012 for connecticut bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend University of Connecticut.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Connecticut Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid 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 EE degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our connecticut bachelor’s degree ee students with aid list, UHart has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UHart is $28,541 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Hartford

#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Haven is $33,400 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 Electrical Engineering at University of New Haven

#4

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fairfield University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 8 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our connecticut bachelor’s degree ee students with aid list, Fairfield U has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fairfield University is $38,869 for connecticut bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Fairfield University

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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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