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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 143 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than 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 an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree me tech students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the Far Western US Region

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland Community College is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 11 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $8,914 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree ME Tech students per year to attend Portland Community College.

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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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