2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
7Colleges in Massachusetts
632Engineering Degrees Awarded
$73,764Avg Early-Career Salary
General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #79 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 632 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in Massachusetts
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in general engineering has to check out Olin College. Located in the large suburb of Needham, Olin College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 33 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Olin College in the most recent data year. Those general engineering students who get their degree from Olin College earn $17,588 more than the average engineering grad.
Every student who is interested in general engineering needs to check out Northeastern University. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #59 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 320 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts Maritime Academy if you wish to pursue a degree in general engineering. Maritime is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Buzzards Bay. This school ranks 30th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 60 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Maritime in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Tufts University if you want to pursue a degree in general engineering. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #234 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WIT is a great school overall.
There were approximately 11 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at WIT in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, engineering degree recipients typically earn around $67,445 in the first five years of their career.
Smith is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Northampton. This college ranks 19th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 11 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Smith in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career earnings of $62,496.
UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of North Dartmouth. This university ranks 41st out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 4 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMass Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
