2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 13,723 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,635 and $25,116 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 359 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$16,847 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Bay Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Great Bay Community College is a public institution located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Great Bay Community College also made our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Great Bay Community College is $16,847 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering students with aid.

Full Great Bay Community College Engineering Report

#2

Vermont Technical College

Randolph, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$20,684 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vermont Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Vermont Technical College is a small school located in Randolph, Vermont that handed out 3 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Vermont Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $20,684 for new england region associate degree engineering students with aid per year to attend Vermont Tech.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Engineering at Vermont Tech

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)

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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