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Most Popular General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the most popular school for general engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

About 31% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 69% are male.

Full General Engineering at Brown University Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular 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.

Of the 4 students majoring in engineering at UMass Dartmouth, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full General Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth Report

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

Of the 2 students majoring in engineering at Northeastern, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on General Engineering at Northeastern University

#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Out of the 4 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Read full report on General Engineering at Yale University

Best General Engineering Colleges by State

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

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

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 4 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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