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Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the New England Region

20 Colleges
$56,350 Avg Salary
$21,963 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

In 2021-2022, 84,036 engineering technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 20 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Schools in the New England Region

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Schools

#1

Northeast Technical Institute

Scarborough, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Northeast Technical Institute the best school in the New England Region for engineering technologies students. Northeast Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Scarborough.

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The excellent programs at Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the New England Region . Porter and Chester Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bridgeport.

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#3

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maine Maritime Academy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Lincoln Technical Institute - New Britain helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the New England Region . Lincoln Tech - New Britain is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

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The excellent programs at Lincoln Technical Institute - East Windsor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of East Windsor, Lincoln Tech - East Windsor is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Springfield Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the city of Springfield, STCC is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, New England Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best engineering technologies programs. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

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#10

University of Maine

Orono, ME

With a ranking of #10, University of Maine did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 227
Connecticut 676
Maine 273
Rhode Island 181
Massachusetts 569
Vermont 80

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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