2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Mechanical Engineering is the 12th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Connecticut, there were 490 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general mechanical 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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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at UCONN

#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s general mechanical engineering students in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield University are $19,267.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Fairfield University

#3

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#4 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 8 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at University of Hartford

#4

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven

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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 Michel Villeneuve.

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