If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #116 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 30 bachelor's degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt general engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Engineering in Connecticut
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general engineering.
Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Engineering
Trinity College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general engineering. Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Hartford.
Those general engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Trinity College make $5,680 more than the typical engineering student.
University of Hartford is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general engineering. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford.
After graduating, engineering bachelor's recipients generally make about $57,391 in the first five years of their career.
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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