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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$39,794 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,680 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #33 most popular major in Connecticut with 108 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut to see which programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

#1

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT
$52,870 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Fairfield University the best value school in Connecticut for mechanical engineering students. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fairfield U are $52,870 per year.

Fairfield U also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #2.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Fairfield University Report

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT
$44,885 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the # 2 spot on the list. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of West Hartford.

UHart undergraduate students pay an average of $44,885 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Hartford

#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT
$42,898 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in Connecticut list. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Haven.

University of New Haven undergraduate students pay an average of $42,898 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven Report

$18,524 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCONN are $18,524 per year.

UCONN also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Connecticut

#5

Rensselaer at Hartford

Hartford, CT

Out of the 5 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer at Hartford landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Hartford, Rensselaer at Hartford is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 603
Rhode Island 14
New Hampshire 10
Maine 7
Vermont 22

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

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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