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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$36,000 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,764 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 325 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #48 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

$57,592 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the best value school in Massachusetts for general engineering students. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern are $57,592 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list.

Full General Engineering at Northeastern University Report

$14,408 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.

UMass Dartmouth undergraduate students pay an average of $14,408 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 51
Rhode Island 72
New Hampshire 153

One of 39 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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