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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$18,524 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$84,132 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 51 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Connecticut college or university. This makes it the #68 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value General Engineering Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Best General Engineering School

$18,524 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the best value school in Connecticut for general engineering students. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UCONN undergraduate students pay an average of $18,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Connecticut list.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 325
Rhode Island 72
New Hampshire 153

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

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 values are for the top school 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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