2024 Best General Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
29
Colleges in the Far Western US Region
1,257
Master's Degrees
If you pursue a master's degree in
general mechanical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #24 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 29 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,257 master's degrees in general mechanical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Mechanical Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The general mechanical engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general mechanical engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general mechanical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general mechanical engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general mechanical engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Mechanical Engineering Schools
The general mechanical engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.