2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

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In 2019-2020, 86,730 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 935 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,945 and $18,730 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 271 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technologies programs, but they also cost less that 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 technologies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 86 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

$17,372 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Maritime also took the #0 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Maritime Academy are $17,372, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 37 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” 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.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at UMass Lowell

#4

Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New England University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western New England University is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 15 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Western New England also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western New England are $25,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $48-$75k)

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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