2025 Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region
9Colleges in the New England Region
923Engineering Degrees Awarded
$77,930Avg Early-Career Salary
General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #79 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 923 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
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.
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region.
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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.
Brown University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the 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 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 177 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general engineering program at Brown University make $8,486 more than the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Dartmouth College is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general engineering. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were approximately 134 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available.
Olin College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the suburb of Needham, Olin College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were roughly 38 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Olin College in the most recent year we have data available. Those general engineering students who get their degree from Olin College make $31,525 more than the standard engineering grad.
Northeastern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Northeastern is a very 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. Degree recipients from the general engineering major at Northeastern University earn $11,768 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 50 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. General Engineering degree recipients from University of Connecticut get an earnings boost of about $24,466 above the average earnings of general engineering graduates.
Maritime is a small public school located in the large suburb of Buzzards Bay. This school ranks 34th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 51 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Maritime in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. This school ranks 19th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 20 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at WIT in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the engineering program make an average of $78,211 in their early career salary.
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 schools 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 data year.
Located in the midsize 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 roughly 11 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at STCC in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
