2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia” 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 West Virginia, there were 54 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in West Virginia

#1

BridgeValley Community & Technical College

South Charleston, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$7,949 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, BridgeValley Community & Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in South Charleston, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

BridgeValley Community & Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend BridgeValley Community & Technical College is $7,949 for West Virginia Associate Degree ME Tech students.

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#2

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,161 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairmont State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia list. Fairmont State is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 3 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Fairmont State is $10,161 for West Virginia Associate Degree ME Tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Fairmont State University

#3

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,367 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bluefield State College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia list. Bluefield, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ME tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Bluefield State College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bluefield State College is $8,367 for west virginia associate degree me tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Bluefield State 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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