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2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
198 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 784 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 198 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $17,221 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Full Kennesaw State University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #2 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 85 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at UNC Charlotte

#3

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend ECPI University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. ECPI University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 12 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ECPI University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,489 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend ECPI University.

Full ECPI University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#4

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Fairmont, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students list, Fairmont State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fairmont State is $10,161 for southeast region bachelor’s degree me tech students.

Full Fairmont State University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA Little Rock, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UA Little Rock is $14,906 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#6

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia
#6 in overall quality

Bluefield State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Bluefield State College is a small public school situated in Bluefield, West Virginia. It awarded 6 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bluefield State College also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $8,367 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students per year to attend Bluefield State College.

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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