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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. 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 Vermont, there were 12 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools in Vermont 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.

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.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

$38,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best General Engineering Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Vermont is $18,982 for Vermont Engineering students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UVM General Engineering Report

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$24,701 Average Net Price

$50,860 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid list. Norwich University is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 2 ’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Norwich also made our “Best General Engineering Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $24,701 for vermont engineering students with aid per year to attend Norwich.

Read more about General Engineering at Norwich

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

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