2024 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Kansas
3Colleges in Kansas
445ME Degrees Awarded
$64,700Avg Early-Career Salary
Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Kansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 445 degrees in mechanical engineering to qualified students.
The me program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Mechanical Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Mechanical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Kansas list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of me degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Kansas is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in mechanical engineering. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 140 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the me program state that they receive average early career earnings of $64,974.
It's difficult to beat Kansas State University if you want to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. K -State is a large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 182 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the me program state that they receive average early career income of $65,670.
Wichita State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in mechanical engineering. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Wichita. This university ranks 6th out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 102 mechanical engineering students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the me program state that they receive average early career income of $63,455.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The me program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Mechanical Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Mechanical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
