by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology is the 201st most popular major in the country with 3,682 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 74 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh Carbon Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 10 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at LCCC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westmoreland County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania. Westmoreland College is a small school located in Youngwood, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania list. This small school is located in Butler, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full BC3 Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery County Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg Area Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania. HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Harrisburg Area Community College Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
Community College of Allegheny County landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at CCAC
Saint Francis University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Saint Francis University is a small school located in Loretto, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Saint Francis University Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Report
Delaware County Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #7. Delaware County Community College is located in Media, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.
Point Park University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 full report on Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology at Point Park University
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