2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

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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 Connecticut, there were 795 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,500 and $17,819 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in Connecticut

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$16,158 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #1 spot on the list. CCSU is a fairly large school located in New Britain, Connecticut that handed out 83 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for CCSU is $16,158 for connecticut bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Central Connecticut State University

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$28,541 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 70 students in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hartford is $28,541 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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