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

1 Ranked Colleges
197 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 957 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,780 and $14,271 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 197 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Bay Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Great Bay Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Great Bay Community College is $16,847 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering students with aid.

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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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