2023 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Marine Engineering School for You
With 81 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, marine engineering is the #159 most popular major in Massachusetts.
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.
The Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.
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 Marine Engineering School
Our analysis found Massachusetts Maritime Academy to be the best value school for marine engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. Maritime is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Buzzards Bay.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maritime are $10,516 per year. On average, marine engineering graduates from Maritime take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
Request InformationBest Value Marine Engineering Colleges in the New England Region
Explore all the Best Value Marine Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 22 |
| Maine | 82 |
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Marine Engineering Related Majors for Marine Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, marine engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 values are for the top school 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.