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2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,072 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 88 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in science, technology and society. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science, technology and society programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science, technology and society 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to qualified students.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology is $16,636 for new england region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid.

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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science, Technology & Society Report

#2

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colby College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to qualified students.

Colby also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Colby is $17,777 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Colby College

#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s science, tech and society students in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $29,392 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid per year to attend Brown University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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.

Full Brown Science, Technology & Society Report

#4

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tufts University is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tufts University is $30,744 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Tufts Science, Technology & Society 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.

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