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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$38,526 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for EE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Northeastern University to be the best value school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MIT are $58,967 a year.

MIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

WPI graduate students pay an average of $29,040 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, WPI also did well on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNH are $29,992 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.

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University of Rhode Island ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.

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#7

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Tufts is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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#10

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

University of Vermont ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UVM are $33,246 a year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Vermont Report

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools 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 11 schools only.

  • 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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