Best Engineering Schools in Connecticut
This article features top engineering colleges in Connecticut that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Connecticut, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Connecticut Top Engineering Programs |
| 34 | Yale University (New Haven, CT) Overall acceptance rate: 14.6% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 800 Tuition: Full-time: $34,500 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 216 Research expenditures per faculty member: $497,732 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $25,882,094 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 12.0% |
| 65 | University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) Overall acceptance rate: 27.2% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 756 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,224 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,532 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 745 Research expenditures per faculty member: $333,992 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $41,749,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.6% |
| 177 | University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT) Overall acceptance rate: 67.4% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Tuition: Full-time: $700 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 670 Research expenditures per faculty member: $8,726 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $174,521 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
