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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the New England Region (With 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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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.

Science, Technology & Society is the 396th most popular major in the country with 1,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 science, technology and society program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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. MIT is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 1 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at MIT

#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 College 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,777 for new england region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid per year to attend Colby.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 91%. 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.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Colby College

#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Brown University is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 13 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #2 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brown is $29,392 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid.

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. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Brown University

#4

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s science, tech and society students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #4 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tufts is $30,744 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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. 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%.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Tufts

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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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