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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Region

22 Colleges
$70,830 Avg Salary
$25,554 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mechanical engineering was ranked #32 in the country. In fact 9,007 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the New England Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for ME majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the most popular school in the New England Region for mechanical engineering students. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

Out of the 22 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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Out of the 22 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Connecticut came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mechanical engineering programs. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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#9

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

University of Vermont came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a large student population.

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#10

Yale University

New Haven, CT

With a ranking of #10, Yale University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mechanical engineering students. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 603
Connecticut 108
Rhode Island 14
New Hampshire 10
Maine 7
Vermont 22

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

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 22 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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