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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
198 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,813 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician, making the major the 186th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 784 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 198 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Fairmont State University is $13,240 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Fairmont State Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 85 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Charlotte is $19,973 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#3

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Kennesaw State University is a large public school situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It awarded 44 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kennesaw State University is $19,570 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bluefield State College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Bluefield State College is a small public school situated in Bluefield, West Virginia. It awarded 6 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, Bluefield State College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bluefield State College is $13,797 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Bluefield State College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock is $15,024 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

ECPI University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. ECPI University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

ECPI University also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend ECPI University is $23,644 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full ECPI University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

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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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