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2023 Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region

5 Colleges
$78,256 Avg Salary
$16,900 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

General Engineering is the #64 most popular major in the country with 3,548 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools in General Engineering

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Our 2023 rankings named Dartmouth College the best school in the New England Region for general engineering students. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Brown University

Providence, RI

The excellent programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the New England Region . Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Full General Engineering at Brown University Report

The excellent programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the New England Region . Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 325
Connecticut 51
Rhode Island 72
New Hampshire 153

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

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Rémi Kaupp.

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