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Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$23,127 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,909 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Check out the engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Springfield Technical Community College the best value school in the New England Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Springfield, STCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $10,728 per year.

STCC also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

The excellent associate degree programs at Southern Maine Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SMCC are $6,677 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Maine Community College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Maine Technical College are $6,640 per year.

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#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bristol Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fall River.

Bristol undergraduate students pay an average of $10,224 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

New England Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,900 in tuition and fees each year.

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Naugatuck Valley Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Naugatuck Valley Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Naugatuck Valley Community College are $14,140 per year.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Lowell are $34,550 a year.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIT are $38,760 per year.

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#9

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of West Hartford.

UHart undergraduate students pay an average of $46,148 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Vermont Technical College

Randolph, VT

Vermont Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Randolph, Vermont Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Vermont Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $29,502 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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

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 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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