2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Rhode Island (With Aid)

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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 Rhode Island, there were 140 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,500 and $14,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island master’s degree engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,635 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at Brown

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