Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Online Engineering Schools in the New England Region

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Schools in the New England Region

6 Colleges
$72,558 Avg Salary
$24,782 Avg Student Debt

With 61,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Online Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our analysis found Worcester Polytechnic Institute to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue an online degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for engineering students pursuing an online degree. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Engineering at University of Maine Report

The excellent online programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Read More…

#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Full Engineering at Harvard University Report

#5

Rensselaer at Hartford

Hartford, CT

Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region 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.

Read full report on Engineering at Rensselaer at Hartford

Western New England University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Springfield, Western New England is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Engineering at Western New England University Report

Explore the most popular online engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 4,656
Rhode Island 164
Connecticut 653
New Hampshire 233
Maine 43
Vermont 65

More Engineering Rankings in the New England Region

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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.