2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 490 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,483 and $26,115 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical 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 mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree me students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCONN Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 13 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairfield U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield U are $19,267, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Fairfield University

#3

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#4 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,043 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UHart, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at UHart

#4

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610.

Full University of New Haven Mechanical Engineering Report

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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 Michel Villeneuve.

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