The best price schools in the United States are in the best, along with Massachusetts – price schools in the Bay State wont surprise you. Except for No. 3.

The top school in Massachusetts based on value — a metric that takes into account tuition and expenses versus the typical starting salary of its students — will be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in accordance with a fresh rating from SmartAsset.com. MIT also placed first with tuition of $45,016 as well as a starting salary of $78,300.

The internet site looked over five elements to determine the ranking: student living expenses tuition, fund and offer attractions, retention rate and starting salary.

Salary, living and tuition expenses were weighted at 25 percent in the standing, while grants, and student retention was calculated at 12.5 percent.

To arrive at No. 3 in Massachusetts was Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where in state tuition fees were 127 $7 and the normal starting salary was $58,900

The No. 1 colleges in the other New England states included Brown University in Rhode Island, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Middlebury College in Vermont, University of Maine in Maine, and Yale University in Connecticut.