2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 886 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 general 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Brown also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Brown University

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northeastern University General Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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