2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Science School for You
Engineering Science is the #210 most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering science 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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Science
Our analysis found Dartmouth College to be the best value school for engineering science students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hanover.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dartmouth are $60,648 per year. Engineering Science majors at Dartmouth take out an average of $15,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dartmouth is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering science in the New England Region .
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Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harvard are $55,587 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Harvard is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Science Schools in the New England Region list.
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Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Smith College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Smith is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Northampton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Smith are $56,114 per year.
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Request InformationBest Engineering Science Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering science colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 198 |
| Connecticut | 94 |
| New Hampshire | 114 |
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Engineering Science Related Majors for Engineering Science
One of 40 majors within the area of study, engineering science has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Engineering Science
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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 Nicolás Pérez.
More about our data sources and methodologies.