2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, electrical engineering was ranked #40 in the country. In fact 28,844 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for EE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Olin College the best value school in the New England Region for electrical engineering students. Olin College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Needham.
Olin College undergraduate students pay an average of $56,342 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MIT are $55,878 per year. While working on their degree, EE majors at MIT accumulate an average of around $10,000 in student debt.
MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern are $57,592 per year. On average, EE graduates from Northeastern take out $24,392 in student loans while working on their degree.
In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of New Haven are $42,898 per year. While working on their degree, EE majors at University of New Haven accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Harvard undergraduate students pay an average of $55,587 in tuition and fees each year.
Harvard also claimed a spot on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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Fairfield University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fairfield U are $52,870 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Fairfield U also did well on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WPI are $55,531 a year. The average amount in student loans that EE majors at WPI take out is $27,000.
WPI also claimed a spot on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Tufts University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tufts are $63,000 per year.
Tufts excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list.
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University of Southern Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $23,881 per year.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Amherst are $36,964 a year. The average amount in student loans that EE majors at UMass Amherst take out is $27,000.
Request InformationBest Electrical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,254 |
| Connecticut | 241 |
| New Hampshire | 39 |
| Maine | 34 |
| Rhode Island | 63 |
| Vermont | 38 |
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Electrical Engineering Related Majors for EE
One of 40 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12,811 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 23 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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