2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 41 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree me tech students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in Pennsylvania

#1

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$11,990 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

HACC also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend HACC is $11,990 for pennsylvania associate degree me tech students.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at HACC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology

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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