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

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Finding the Best General Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the most popular school in the New England Region for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Women make up 21% of the engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on General Engineering at Northeastern University

#2

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Out of the 7 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 33% of the engineering majors at the school.

Full General Engineering at Dartmouth College Report

#3

Brown University

Providence, RI

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Brown 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 . Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

Of the 56 students majoring in engineering at Brown, 55% are male and 45% are female.

Read full report on General Engineering at Brown University

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general engineering schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 49 students majoring in engineering at UCONN, 84% are male and 16% are female.

Full General Engineering at University of Connecticut Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general engineering schools in the New England Region . Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Read full report on General Engineering at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

#6

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

With a ranking of #6, Merrimack College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Merrimack is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of North Andover.

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#6

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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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 7 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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