2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in the New England Region

#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 list. This small school is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 8 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Great Bay Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $16,847 for New England Region Associate Degree Engineering students per year to attend Great Bay Community College.

Read more about Engineering at Great Bay Community College

#2

Vermont Technical College

Randolph, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$20,684 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vermont Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Vermont Technical College is located in Randolph, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Vermont Tech also made our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $20,684 for new england region associate degree engineering students 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.

Full Vermont Technical College Engineering Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering

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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