2022 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering in New Hampshire (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, there were 170 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that 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 in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering in New Hampshire (With Aid)

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$33,574 Average Net Price

$64,886 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid list. Dartmouth College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 165 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dartmouth College is $33,574 for New Hampshire Engineering students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Dartmouth College General Engineering Report

#2

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$16,847 Average Net Price

$37,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Bay Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Great Bay Community College is a small school located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire that handed out 5 ’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Great Bay Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Great Bay Community College is $16,847 for New Hampshire Engineering students with aid.

Read more about General Engineering at Great Bay Community College

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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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