2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General 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 Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Connecticut, there were 50 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Connecticut

#1

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$33,400 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General 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 Engineering students.

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 General Engineering at University of New Haven

#2

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$34,460 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. Trinity College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity Bantams did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $34,460 for connecticut bachelor’s degree engineering students per year to attend Trinity College.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Engineering at Trinity College

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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