2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across Vermont, there were 12 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” 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.

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

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree engineering students.

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

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our vermont bachelor’s degree engineering students list, UVM has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UVM is $18,982 for vermont bachelor’s degree engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering at UVM

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$24,701 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Norwich also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $24,701 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students per year to attend Norwich.

Read full report on General Engineering at Norwich

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

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