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2023 Best Value General Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$44,724 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,553 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Engineering is the #59 most popular major in Massachusetts with 632 degrees and certificates awarded 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.

The Best Value General Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the engineering bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Engineering

#1

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

Our analysis found Massachusetts Maritime Academy to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Massachusetts. Maritime is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Buzzards Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Maritime are $10,516 a year.

Full General Engineering at Massachusetts Maritime Academy Report

#2

Olin College

Needham, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Olin College is a great value for general engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Olin College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Needham.

Olin College undergraduate students pay an average of $56,342 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at Olin College

#3

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 5 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tufts are $63,000 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Tufts is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

Full General Engineering at Tufts University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WIT are $37,650 a year.

Full General Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology Report

#5

Smith College

Northampton, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Smith College is a great value for general engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Smith undergraduate students pay an average of $56,114 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best 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
Connecticut 81
New Hampshire 160
Maine 14
Rhode Island 145
Vermont 11

One of 40 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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