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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

4 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 565 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,850 and $12,725 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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 general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Olin College

Needham, Massachusetts

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Olin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Olin College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Needham, Massachusetts. It awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Olin College also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,820 for massachusetts bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Olin College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Engineering at Olin College

#2

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Smith College landed the #2 spot on the list. Smith College is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Smith also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $22,926 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Smith.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Engineering at Smith

#3

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $27,430 for massachusetts bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Tufts.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#4

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

WIT also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wentworth Institute of Technology is $36,872 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology

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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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