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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$58,100 Avg Salary
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,707 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,659 and had an average of $22,928 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 256 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,725 and $23,896 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $17,218 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

#2

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. CCSU is a fairly large school located in New Britain, Connecticut that handed out 32 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CCSU is $15,860 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at CCSU

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also took the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $16,672 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

BFIT also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology is $14,994 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at BFIT

#5

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UHart is $26,711 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at UHart

#6

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

New England Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. East Greenwich, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New England Tech is $31,702 for new england region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full New England Tech Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

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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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