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2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
224 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 240 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $98,500 and $25,324 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 224 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

#1

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a public institution located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Maritime, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Maritime Academy are $17,372.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 86 students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168.

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#4

Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New England University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western New England is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

Western New England not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western New England are $25,812.

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#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. New England Institute of Technology is a small school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island that handed out 14 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid list, New England Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New England Institute of Technology are $14,205, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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