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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region

16 Colleges
$81,909 Avg Salary
$25,820 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, electrical engineering was ranked #27 in the country. In fact 11,021 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for electrical engineering students. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great place for electrical engineering students. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

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#5

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Connecticut did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

University of New Haven did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #9 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Western New England University

Springfield, MA

With a ranking of #10, Western New England University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students. Western New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 666
Connecticut 95
Rhode Island 17
New Hampshire 9
Maine 0
Vermont 8

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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