2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology
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 a Bachelor’s” 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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,948 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 49 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs and cost less that 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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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology
Out of the 49 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,889 for bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend Ferris State University.
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Out of the 49 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Hammond, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 63 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.
Purdue Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University Northwest is $11,250 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
Full Purdue Northwest Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Pittsburg, Kansas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Pitt State also took the #9 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pitt State is $14,436 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
WSU also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #20. The estimated yearly cost for WSU is $11,968 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.
Full Weber State University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Youngstown State University is $11,947 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
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University of Houston came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,838 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend University of Houston.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 58 students in 2019-2020.
UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $15,086 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full UNT Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 180 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Purdue also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Farmingdale State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is located in Farmingdale, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 67 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Farmingdale State College is $8,638 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
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Kennesaw State University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. KSU Georgia 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 #17 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $17,221 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
Full KSU Georgia Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
Alfred State College landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Alfred State College is a small public school situated in Alfred, New York. It awarded 39 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,630 for bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend Alfred State.
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Tarleton State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $18,979 for bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend Tarleton.
Full Tarleton State University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. 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.
UNC Charlotte also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $16,529 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
University of Toledo landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Toledo is a fairly large school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 67 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Toledo, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Toledo is $17,630 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
Full University of Toledo Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
With a ranking of #16, ECPI University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $20,489 for bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend ECPI University.
Full ECPI University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
With a ranking of #17, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 54 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute did quite well in the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. Utica, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Poly is $13,809 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at SUNY Poly
Northern Michigan University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized school located in Marquette, Michigan that handed out 23 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Northern Michigan University is $15,453 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
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Purdue University Fort Wayne came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Purdue University Fort Wayne is a medium-sized school located in Fort Wayne, Indiana that handed out 34 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend PFW is $10,912 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.
Full Purdue University Fort Wayne Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
Buffalo State came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Buffalo State is a medium-sized public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 39 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Buffalo State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #23 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Buffalo State is $12,960 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.
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Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree me tech students list, Central Michigan has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $15,981 for bachelor’s degree me tech students.
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Fairmont State University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Fairmont State University is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,161 for Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend Fairmont State University.
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With a ranking of #24, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large public school situated in Pomona, California. It awarded 34 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal Poly Pomona also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #16. It costs about $12,734 for bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #25, New York City College of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 82 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $3,667 for bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend New York City College of Technology.
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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%.
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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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