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

6 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in Ohio

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,707 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States. 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 Ohio, there were 697 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,913 and $20,883 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 187 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,281 and $26,151 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical engineering technology programs, but they also 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 technology 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 Ohio

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in Ohio

#1

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 67 students in 2019-2020.

University of Toledo also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Toledo is $17,630 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree ME Tech students.

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#2

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. Youngstown State University is a public institution located in Youngstown, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Youngstown State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. The yearly cost to attend Youngstown State University is $11,947 for ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students.

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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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $17,792 for ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

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#4

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cleveland State University is $17,278 for ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 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 #5 spot on the list. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering 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 University at Kent.

Full Kent State University at Kent Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

#6

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

University of Dayton ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio list. UDayton 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. It costs about $31,003 for ohio bachelor’s degree me tech students per year to attend University of Dayton.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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