2024 Best Engineering Science Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
406Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
$76,341Avg Early-Career Salary
Engineering Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #205 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Science Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 406 degrees in engineering science to qualified students.
Your choice of engineering science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Engineering Science Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Engineering Science
Harvard University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in engineering science. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 150 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Dartmouth College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in engineering science. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 1st out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 114 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering science program earn around $76,341 in their early career salary.
Smith College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering science. Located in the large suburb of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 19th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 36 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Smith in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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