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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$38,983 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$100,464 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #109 in the country. In fact 6,736 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named New England Institute of Technology the best value school in the New England Region for engineering-related fields students. Located in the suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

New England Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $32,807 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at New England Institute of Technology

#2

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA
$25,104 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay, Maritime is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maritime are $25,104 per year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Massachusetts Maritime Academy Report

$33,624 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in the New England Region . UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

UMass Lowell undergraduate students pay an average of $33,624 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great value for engineering-related fields students. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in tuition and fees each year.

Tufts also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Tufts University

$40,380 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western New England University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Western New England is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Western New England undergraduate students pay an average of $40,380 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Western New England University

Explore the best engineering-related fields colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 230
Connecticut 15
New Hampshire 0
Rhode Island 2

One of 18 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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