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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio

5 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in Ohio

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Ohio” 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 Ohio, there were 485 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 168 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,281 and $26,151 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio

The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in Ohio

#1

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio list. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students list, University of Toledo has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $17,630 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend University of Toledo.

Full University of Toledo Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#2

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 13 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students list, Youngstown State University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Youngstown State University is $11,947 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students list, University of Akron Main Campus has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Akron Main Campus is $17,792 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at University of Akron Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $18,885 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend Kent State.

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#5

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dayton. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio list. University of Dayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

UDayton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. The yearly cost to attend UDayton is $31,003 for ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at University of Dayton

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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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