2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in general systems engineering, making the major the 212th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 376 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general systems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general systems 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 general systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$10,367 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #1 spot on the list. Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general systems engineering degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Maritime did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Massachusetts Maritime Academy is $10,367 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree General Systems Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#2

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$23,469 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine Maritime Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. Castine, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general systems engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Maine Maritime, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $23,469 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree General Systems Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Maine Maritime Academy.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Systems Engineering at Maine Maritime

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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