2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 490 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,483 and $26,115 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield U are $19,267, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at Fairfield U

#3

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#4 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,043 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Hartford is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 8 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at UHart

#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 ME Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k 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 ME degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also took the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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