2025 Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
809Engineering Degrees Awarded
General Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 809 degrees in general engineering annually.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in general engineering has to take a look at Brown University. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were about 177 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Dartmouth College if you wish to pursue a degree in general engineering. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were roughly 134 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general engineering needs to look into Olin College. Located in the large suburb of Needham, Olin College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 38 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Olin College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general engineering has to look into Northeastern University. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were about 205 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 50 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. This school ranks 19th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 20 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at WIT in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Fall River, Bristol is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 46th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 20 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Bristol in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 50th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 11 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at STCC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
