2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in New Mexico

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in New Mexico” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,707 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,659 and had an average of $22,928 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 12 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering technology 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 technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The me tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in New Mexico”.

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Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in New Mexico

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for an Associate in New Mexico. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 4 associates’s ME tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Dona Ana did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. It costs about $5,539 for New Mexico Associate Degree ME Tech students per year to attend NMSU Dona Ana.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

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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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