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Best Engineering Colleges in Massachusetts

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 17 schools · Agent Insights
17
Schools Analyzed
$82,686
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
77%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$26,665
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 17 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 17
Avg. earnings at 10yr $82,686
Avg. graduation rate 77%
Avg. net price $26,665
Avg. median debt $21,581

How We Ranked

Engineering programs in Massachusetts ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$79K$143K$0$50KNET PRICEMassachusetts InstituteHarvard UniversityWorcester PolytechnicMassachusetts MaritimeNortheastern University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Massachusetts Institute …96%Harvard University97%Worcester Polytechnic In…89%Massachusetts Maritime A…77%Northeastern University90%Wentworth Institute of T…68%Tufts University93%Smith College89%Boston University89%Western New England Univ…64%Franklin W Olin College …94%University of Massachuse…67%University of Massachuse…83%Merrimack College71%Berkshire Community Coll…21%University of Massachuse…51%Bard College at Simon's …61%

Top 3

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Graduation96%
Earnings$143,372
Net Price$20,111

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Graduation97%
Earnings$101,817
Net Price$19,066

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#3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

Graduation89%
Earnings$103,470
Net Price$43,071

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Full Rankings

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · 4,535 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 96% graduate $143,372 earnings
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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · 7,601 students · Private nonprofit

4% accepted 97% graduate $101,817 earnings
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#3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · 5,447 students · Private nonprofit

60% accepted 89% graduate $103,470 earnings
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#4

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA · 1,395 students · Public

95% accepted 77% graduate $82,392 earnings
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#5

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · 17,326 students · Private nonprofit

5% accepted 90% graduate $92,538 earnings
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#6

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, MA · 3,747 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 68% graduate $82,721 earnings
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#7

Tufts University

Medford, MA · 7,061 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 93% graduate $83,214 earnings
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#8

Smith College

Northampton, MA · 2,544 students · Private nonprofit

21% accepted 89% graduate $64,027 earnings
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#9

Boston University

Boston, MA · 18,248 students · Private nonprofit

11% accepted 89% graduate $83,238 earnings
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#10

Western New England University

Springfield, MA · 2,603 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 64% graduate $73,157 earnings
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#11

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA · 377 students · Private nonprofit

25% accepted 94% graduate $129,455 earnings
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#12

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Lowell, MA · 11,434 students · Public

83% accepted 67% graduate $64,874 earnings
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#13

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA · 23,671 students · Public

60% accepted 83% graduate $71,631 earnings
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#14

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA · 3,916 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 71% graduate $75,584 earnings
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#15

Berkshire Community College

Pittsfield, MA · 1,358 students · Public

21% graduate $38,832 earnings
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#16

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, MA · 5,221 students · Public

91% accepted 51% graduate $68,804 earnings
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#17

Bard College at Simon's Rock

Great Barrington, MA · 225 students · Private nonprofit

96% accepted 61% graduate $46,543 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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