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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$36,592 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in Massachusetts. With 4,656 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts - Lowell the best value school in Massachusetts for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $15,210 per year.

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Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $16,251 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.

Northeastern excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Massachusetts. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

MIT graduate students pay an average of $58,967 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard also took the #2 spot in our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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With a ranking of #6, Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WPI are $29,040 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, WPI is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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Western New England University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Western New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western New England are $26,640 per year.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Dartmouth are $16,965 a year.

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#9

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tufts are $55,216 a year.

Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#10

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 164
Connecticut 653
New Hampshire 233
Maine 43
Vermont 65

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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