2023 Best Value General Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 81 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #97 most popular major in Connecticut.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Engineering
Our analysis found Trinity College to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Connecticut. Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Hartford.
Trinity Bantams undergraduate students pay an average of $61,370 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Trinity Bantams also took the #2 spot in our Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
University of New Haven undergraduate students pay an average of $42,898 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Hartford is a great value for general engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UHart are $44,885 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value General Engineering Colleges in the New England Region
Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 632 |
| New Hampshire | 160 |
| Maine | 14 |
| Rhode Island | 145 |
| Vermont | 11 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| 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 Rémi Kaupp.
More about our data sources and methodologies.