2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 957 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,780 and $14,271 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 512 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree engineering students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$109,763 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 265 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558.

Read full report on General Engineering at Northeastern

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#4 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$93,816 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at UCONN

#3

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$58,120 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hanover, New Hampshire, and it awarded 165 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Dartmouth College are $58,120.

Full Dartmouth College General Engineering Report

#4

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#3 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,635 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Brown University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 56 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Brown University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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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