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

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,072 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 396th most popular in the United States.

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” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in science, technology and society. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science, technology and society 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 science, technology and society program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students.

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

#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 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 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 MIT is $16,636 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. 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. This small school is located in Waterville, Maine, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

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. The yearly cost to attend Colby is $17,777 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Colby

#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Brown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees 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 per year to attend Brown University.

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%. 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.

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. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to 3 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 estimated yearly cost for Tufts University is $30,744 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on 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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