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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology is the 186th most popular major in the country with 3,813 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 40 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The me tech 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 “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree me tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ME tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Southeast Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,596 for plains states region associate degree me tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southeast Technical College.

Full Southeast Technical College Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ME tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree me tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, WSU Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology is $9,963 for plains states region associate degree me tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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