2024 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you pursue a master's degree in mechanical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #29 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 17 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 641 master's degrees in mechanical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Mechanical Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of mechanical engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of mechanical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for mechanical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mechanical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mechanical engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Mechanical Engineering Schools

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 Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mechanical Engineering in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for mechanical engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

10 Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in ME

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

112 Annual Graduates

$135,266 Median Starting Salary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in mechanical engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Master's recipients from the mechanical engineering program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology make $45,418 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA

80 Annual Graduates

$86,644 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in mechanical engineering has to take a look at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, me master's recipients usually make about $86,644 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

3

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

127 Annual Graduates

$85,450 Median Starting Salary

Northeastern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the me program earn around $85,450 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University

4

Tufts University
Medford, MA

20 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in mechanical engineering needs to take a look at Tufts University. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Tufts University

5

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

20 Annual Graduates

UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Storrs.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from University of Connecticut

6

Boston University
Boston, MA

69 Annual Graduates

$81,137 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the me program state that they receive average early career wages of $81,137.

More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Boston University

7

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

24 Annual Graduates

UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the suburb of Amherst.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst

8

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

65 Annual Graduates

$81,072 Median Starting Salary

UMass Lowell is a large public university located in the large suburb of Lowell.

Soon after graduating, me master's recipients typically make around $81,072 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

9

Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from Fairfield University

10

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

12 Annual Graduates

URI is a large public university located in the suburb of Kingston.More information about a master’s in mechanical engineering from University of Rhode Island

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanical engineering schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	516
Connecticut	153	85
Rhode Island	127	12
New Hampshire	108	6
Vermont	91	16
Maine	90	6

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Mechanical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Mechanical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

ME Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mechanical Engineering	641

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Engineering	954
Electrical Engineering	618
General Engineering	577
Systems Engineering	360
Civil Engineering	320
Other Engineering	309
Biomedical Engineering	242
Industrial Engineering	169
Engineering Science	107
Robotics Engineering	98

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve. More about our data sources and methodologies.