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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

4 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value EE Schools for a Master's in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 29,892 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 271 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s EE degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at UCONN

#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k. Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield University are $19,267, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Fairfield University

#3

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #3 spot on the list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UHart also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Hartford

#4

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #4 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 30 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of New Haven

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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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