2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

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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 New Hampshire, there were 748 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,400 and $22,361 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 483 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire bachelor’s degree engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in New Hampshire

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$24,067 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 354 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree engineering students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Engineering Report

#2

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

#3 in overall quality

$41,095 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the #2 spot on the list. SNHU is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 11 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SNHU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern New Hampshire University is $41,095 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

Read more about Engineering at Southern New Hampshire University

#3

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$33,574 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 113 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Dartmouth is $33,574 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Engineering at Dartmouth

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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